Clearly, the available literature prescribes balanced interconnection as the absolute best way to interconnect audio equipment. The use of entirely balanced interconnection with both ends of the shield connected to chassis ground at the point of entry provides the best available performance.
Source: Grounding and Shielding Audio Devices
Greatly extend the information in your music files by using the foo_discogs component to tag albums with Discogs information. Once the additional Discogs release information is stored in the song tags, it’s possible to search for catalog numbers, secondary artists or studios, etc. You can now also create toolbar buttons which open the corresponding artist or release pages in Discogs, the artist’s own website or other links.
Album’s properties when tagged with Discogs info
Your audio files should now be tagged with additional Discogs metadata.
github.com/ghDaYuYu/foo_discogs
bitbucket.org/fooDaYuyu/foo_discogs/downloads/
PeppyMeter is a software VU Meter written in Python. It was originally developed as the new ‘VU Meter’ screensaver for Peppy Player. With minor modifications it became a stand-alone application. PeppyMeter gets audio data from media players (e.g. mpd) via fifo and displays current volume levels in a Graphical User Interface in the form of a traditional VU Meter.
- Written in Python.
- Pygame library leveraged for UI purposes.
- UI is available in three resolutions 800×480, 480×320 and 320×240 pixels.
- The input for the program is the data from the named pipe. That signal should be provided by peppyalsa plugin.
- Supplies 9 default meters out of the box.
- Allows you to add your own meters.
- Open-source. All source files are available on Github.
- Several data sources are available for testing and tuning.
- Provides four types of output: Display, Serial, I2C and PWM.
github.com/project-owner/PeppyMeter.doc/wiki
github.com/project-owner/PeppyMeter
diyaudio.com/forums/pc-based/291010-peppymeter
If a tonal linearity, natural head-phonic imaging, and Hi-Fidelity are what you’re looking for, search for headphones matching the above reference DF curve the most.… BTW, the most accurate DF equalized headphones in the market is ER-4 from Etymotic Research …
Source: M.R.O.: Headphone equalization
Foobar2000 Playlist Viewers display the current playlist of songs. Different playlist viewers offer various capabilities such as formatting, grouping and visual options. A playlist viewer is usually the central panel and main focus of a Foobar2000 interface. Foobar2000 plays the next song of the current playlist unless the play order has been changed from default, to repeat, random or shuffle. There is a playback queue but it is not visible or used in normal operation.
Preferences > Display > Default User Interface > Playlist View > Custom ColumnsAdd new‘Played‘ and %play_count% as the ‘pattern’Columns” and make sure ‘Played‘ is selected (checkmarked) and that you can see the column in the playlist, it will be last but you can rearrange it.Resources:
Configuring the default playlist viewer
These standalone audio level meter programs allow the optimum setting of input levels for various sound recording functions, particularly for video editing.
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Highly accurate PP
Exact Audio Copy, also known as EAC is often used to create an exact copy of a CD which can be stored in a digital media archive or audio library. The goal is to preserve all information from a CD, such that the CD can be recreated from an archive and / or is playable from an audio library.Β With EAC, the original audio files and a .cue file, an exact copy can be reburnt back onto a CDR; and with FLAC files, a compressed lossless music library may be built. Creating an individual folder which contains the album’s compressed audio files and a cue file is done via the following method:
This process also creates an EAC log file in the same folder.
Determining Which EAC Gap Detection Method To Use:
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Sources:
wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=EAC_Lossless_Backup
wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=EAC_Configuration_Wizard
dbpoweramp.com/spoons-audio-guide-cd-ripping.htm
The AcousticBrainz project aims to crowd source acoustic information for all music in the world and to make it available to the public. This acoustic information describes the acoustic characteristics of music and includes low-level spectral information and information for genres, moods, keys, scales and much more. The goal of AcousticBrainz is to provide music technology researchers and open source hackers with a massive database of information about music. ~ AcousticBrainz
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Exact Audio Copy enables configuration profiles to be created and then loaded as needed. An example of this is switching between Burst and Secure extraction modes. The quickest way to switch between these two drive settings is to create two different drive configuration profiles, one for burst and one for secure. Using the profile switcher in the bottom information bar, or footer, allows instant switching between these two different extraction modes.
Clicking on the New button at the bottom of EAC brings up the Create New Profile dialog ~
Add the name of the new profile, “Burst” and select the “Drive” option group. Repeat this procedure for another profile called “Secure”.
You should then have a Profile Selector that looks like this ~
The last step is to select each profile in turn and select the corresponding extraction method, either Burst or Secure, in the Drive Options – Extraction Method settings menu, and then click the Save button for each profile.
Looking for some good dynamic mics to add to your locker? Well in this post, I reveal 6 of the greatest ones in music history. ~ Best Dynamic Microphones of all time: The Top 6 List
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