MyFutureSelfnMe

What a suprise! I assumed your location must be France. Yes, we are neighbors in a very American sort of way and perhaps a visit can be arranged. 495, what a beastly road. I avoid it at all costs. Yeah, 495 is sort of... fast paced by American standards. Which makes it useful to me since I have to commute all the way from Providence when I'm working up here. And yeah, I'm always up for a beer. Especially with someone who might be able to give pointers on this instrument.

Mark, I am about to drive home from work, and it occurred to me that I pass Milford on 495. Have a nice evening, neighbor.

Well, I'm 26 for the rest of today. I better get started.

The same goes for a capella voices; it also shows that all encoders are not equal. (By definition decoders are supposed to be equal, except for mathematical rounding error.) I disagree, in fact all MP3 decoders are not equal. Some may produce overbright output and some may produce more accurate but dull output. Whether this results from different reverse DCT algorithms or postprocessing, I can't say. Either way, the format is dated and I hate to see good music mangled by it. WMA uses a much sharper (if a bit overbright) algorithm. And the encoders/decoders will all be created equal, because there is only one. For better or worse, this algorithm is better suited to concertina music. Plus it does 24/96. Don't they have equipment rentals in France Good point.

It's going to be a long road. I haven't played any instrument regularly since about age 12.

I personally don't own any high end microphones, but perhaps someone here would be trusting enough to lend them to her, along with a device that can record digitally in 24/96 By the way, I'm Adam. Her friend. She's trying to get me into the concertina.

Oh, and though I've already said this to Juliette, I'd just like to state that this girl is on the road to greatness. That is all.

I wouldn't recommend re-encoding any MP3 that's already been encoded. There are a few programs that can edit MP3s without re-encoding them, I think Sound Forge is one of them but it's been a while. A better rule of thumb though is to keep a copy of everything in WAV (or whatever format is native to the program you're using), and don't lose it! . That said, I think the music the concertina is capable of producing may be more subject to MP3 artifacts than other instruments. It seems like I can hear many wavelengths simultaneously when I listen. You all may have better luck with Windows Media 9 format, in variable bit rate. Also, somebody donate a decent microphone to Juliette! A Sound Forge trial is available at http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/download/Step2.asp?DID=559