RE: [Harp-L] FLAC

["Chris Michalek" <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use FALC all the time.

More infor and some decoders can be found here.


http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: dmf273@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] FLAC
>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
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>>I was wondering how many harp-l'ers are set up to play FLAC files?  
>FLAC stands for Free Lossless
>>Audio Compression.   Its free, its lossless (meaning no loss in
>audio quality from the original
>>source), it compresses to about 53% of the original source.   It
>handles all bit rates of original
>>source material including those that exceed CD quality.   With a
>broadband connection you can
>>stream FLAC files over the net using free plug-ins available for
>Winamp and Windows Media Player.
>>(Sorry I don't know what you can use with a Mac.)
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>>The reason I ask is that the tone of harmonica (maybe more so than
>other instruments) really seems
>>to suffer from lossy MP3 compression.   Now that I've got a
>Microtrack recorder capable of super
>>hi-fi recordings,  I'd like to share them in FLAC format with
>harp-l'ers.
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>>FLAC has become the de facto standard for "tapers" of live shows.  
>If you already use FLAC or
>>would like to know where to get the codecs for Winamp and/or Windows
>Media Player, please respond
>>here.   Thanks.
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Chris Michalek

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