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Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 11:42 am
by jlizerbram
Hi all,
It's been 5 years since I've attended a Road Rally. Last time I was there in 2011, CDs were still the main format of sharing music, especially at the one-on-one mentoring sessions. Has this changed? Or is there a more updated format, such as mp3s on USB key or a smartphone? Just thought to ask now that we're in the age of Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Shazam, etc!
Thanks,
-Jeff
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 6:04 am
by Russell Landwehr
Yep, CDs are still definitely the way to go. Safer (no virus threat), they fit in a stack, the mentors listen on boomboxes, they are in someone's hand (vs remembering to go on-line later)... etc.
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 7:53 am
by cassmcentee
Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember someone coming all the way from the Nordic States with a CD of MP3s...
...and they wouldn't play in the Boom Boxes. That person missed out on opportunities...
MAKE SURE YOUR CD IS IN CD FORMAT 24/16
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 9:24 am
by jlizerbram
Thanks - yeah, from your answers, it seems CD's won't be going away anytime soon, at least in the music supervisor's realm. For a consumer, I haven't bought a CD in quite a while! Time to dust off my CD printer and rev up the CD burner!
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 9:55 am
by Russell Landwehr
cassmcentee wrote:Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember someone coming all the way from the Nordic States with a CD of MP3s...
...and they wouldn't play in the Boom Boxes. That person missed out on opportunities...
MAKE SURE YOUR CD IS IN CD FORMAT 24/16
The devil is in the details
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:33 pm
by HenriettaAtkin
Do you mean 44k/16 bit?
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 3:35 pm
by cassmcentee
Oops!
Yup 44.1/16
Thanks Henrietta!
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 5:15 pm
by Casey H
cassmcentee wrote:Correct me if I am wrong, but I remember someone coming all the way from the Nordic States with a CD of MP3s...
...and they wouldn't play in the Boom Boxes. That person missed out on opportunities...
MAKE SURE YOUR CD IS IN CD FORMAT 24/16
Just to clarify. Make sure you CD is an *** AUDIO CD ***, not a data CD. A data CD is a collection of music files such as .wav, .mp3, etc. An AUDIO CD is a specific format for play on all CD players.
When you burn an AUDIO CD, the format is always automatically converted to 16/44.1K which is CD standard. Just make sure that the SOURCE file you load to your CD burner program as AT LEAST 16/44.1K .wav or .aif, not mp3.
Casey
Re: Are CDs Still the Standard format at the Rally?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:13 pm
by Paulie
I'll be handing out USB drives as part of my plot to take over the music industry.
#JustKdding