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ProverbialCereal
- FB TabMaster -
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 Posted - 07/01/2003 : 11:44:56
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there were maybe 10 or so uploaded songs last time i checked. hopefully people haven't forgotten.
-Derek |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 13:16:06
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Well, that does make me feel better about my own situation...
I definitely haven't forgotten. Its more like a couple of extinuating circumstances have reared their ugly heads. but like I said, I'll have the song up there by 7/4 at the very latest! |
Edited by - PsychicTwin on 07/01/2003 13:16:24 |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 13:49:34
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| The fewer the submissions, the less "competition" for a "spot" on the "official" "cd" ;) I used my name, btw, didn't bother making up a band name cause it took me several months to come up with a name for my pre-Bennies band. I think that those who wish to be "considered" for the "official" "cd" should have the deadline of today, which others (except PsychicTwin) who wish to just have the cover out there can submit any time. Eh? Of all the songs uploaded so far, I'm itching to hear 1826 and The Marsist the most. |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 13:57:33
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yah, i actually tried to download yours first Barto, it was the name i recognized first. hey dont mean to be offtop, ok i do!, did you go to the sonic youth/wilco concert the other day?
-miked |
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 14:07:01
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Originally posted by ProverbialCereal
there were maybe 10 or so uploaded songs last time i checked. hopefully people haven't forgotten.
-Derek
Roughly two weeks before the FTP site was up, Dean told me he had already received an album's worth of covers, so... |
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ProverbialCereal
- FB TabMaster -
USA
2953 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 14:20:14
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oh, so he has some mp3s in his possesion that aren't on the FTP probably? probably.
Man, I'm afraid my cover will suck compared to others. heh. oh well.
-Derek |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 14:38:32
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| thanks mike. I didn't get to the concert, though! Ahh well. I hate driving so far for concerts, it's just sucky. Don't worry Derek, I feel the same way. |
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Zipperrock
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 07/01/2003 : 14:49:32
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We have decided to remove our link in this post in favor of promotion of this project. We've recieved an email from Dean and things are all working out. We ask that the owners of the 2 replies to the post remove the link as well. We will be removing the mp3 off off our site until the album is released.
good luck on wrapping it up C_O_F :)
thanks,
Zipper (western massachusetts rock band) |
Edited by - Zipperrock on 07/01/2003 23:23:28 |
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miguel
- FB Fan -
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 15:04:14
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| Can we update our songs within a certain time? |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 15:12:47
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Originally posted by Zipperrock
Well apparently Cult_Of_Frank is not going to get back to me by the deadline tonight, so in the event we are not able to upload our cover of "whispering weeds" to the FTP site (which we need login info and an address for still) and don't make it on the "cd", you guys can check out our cover at http://www.zipperrock.com/mp3s/zipper-whisperingweeds.mp3
here's hoping we are able to upload tonight. please get back to me C_O_F.
thanks,
Zipper (western massachusetts rock band)
Did you see his post on this thread saying he'd be away from last Saturday until sometime today? Sounds to me like you've made the deadline, given that all you need is access to the ftp. Just my opinion. |
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Zipperrock
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 07/01/2003 : 15:16:59
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| Do you guys know what the login info for the FTP site is ? |
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 15:45:38
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| All album contributors who hadn't yet uploaded their covers to Dean (aka Cult of Frank) received emails on Wed/Thur containing the login name and password needed to access the FTP site. The email cautioned against revealing this information to anyone NOT contributing covers to the tribute album. If you aren't on the contributors list (and it appears that you aren't), then you'll just have to wait for COF to send you an email. Sorry. |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 15:47:11
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quote:
Originally posted by Zipperrock
Well apparently Cult_Of_Frank is not going to get back to me by the deadline tonight, so in the event we are not able to upload our cover of "whispering weeds" to the FTP site (which we need login info and an address for still) and don't make it on the "cd", you guys can check out our cover at http://www.zipperrock.com/mp3s/zipper-whisperingweeds.mp3
here's hoping we are able to upload tonight. please get back to me C_O_F.
thanks,
Zipper (western massachusetts rock band)
That surprise ending is pretty damn awesome! Good job.
yeah, i hope C-o-F gets back to me too! |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 16:01:33
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| I don't see your name nor song selection listed on the CD Details thread, Zipper. |
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Zipperrock
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Posted - 07/01/2003 : 16:16:41
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We recieved a last minute squeeze in for the album from C_O_F.
To be specific, the email read in part:
"Sorry about the huge lag in getting back to you. I’m popping a few people off the list, so I’ll sneak you in there. Have it done by July 1st and encoded at 192kbps MP3. Contact me when it’s done, and we’ll set up the transfer."
So i'm still waiting for a response to multiple posts and emails i've sent. |
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Kingmob999
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Posted - 07/01/2003 : 19:47:40
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| Im freaking out. I cant get this damn song into my computer. I used a roland vs-880 to record the music, and Im going rca stereo out into the line in and its coming out of the speakers just fine but when I play it back its at like 2% volume!!!!!!! I checked my windows line in volume, its fine, I just cant figure it out. Then I had my computer lying face down so i could check it out, and I had it there so long, the damn thing overheated and shut off. I will have it there by tomorrow, but hopefully by tonight. Does anyone have any ideas? Im using musicmatch if it helps. I have recorded plenty this way before but I havent put anything on my computer for months, so something is goin wrong. uh. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 19:56:51
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King: You have to set the Recording volume properties in Windows. Same place you do your Playback (the little speaker in your system tray). I'm doing this from memory, so forgive me if I'm wrong (I have a slightly different setup). It's the top-left option in the menu bar. Is it Options? File? Properties? There should be something in there for Options. Click the radio button for "Recording" and click OK. It'll bring up your Recording properties. Make sure "Select" is checkmarked under Line In, and your line in volume is either like, 100% or 75% or so. That should be all you need.
Zipper: Alright, just wait for COF to send you the proper instructions. He made it very clear not to publicly post them. |
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ProverbialCereal
- FB TabMaster -
USA
2953 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 21:37:13
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are some people encoding their songs at a higher bitrate than 192?
Mind the non-cable modem people please (I'm probably the only one).
-Derek |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 22:10:08
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| From the filenames, some have done 256 (which is overkill imo). |
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ProverbialCereal
- FB TabMaster -
USA
2953 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 22:38:29
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I think what stood out was I'll Be Blue being almost 10 megabytes. I think the file name said 320 kbps too...
hmm... weird. I checked just now and I'll Be Blue is no longer there. what's goin on...
-Derek |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 22:59:12
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I'm slowly filtering through them... sorry about being away, guys... in answer to what seemed to be several peoples' concerns, I move the tracks once I receive them from the FTP site to a local hard drive to conserve space on the FTP. I'm sitting at ~30 songs or so at the moment, so no worries on not enough material.
I'm doing my best to get back up to speed with everything/everyone, but I have... well, let's just say A LOT... of emails and so forth to catch up on. Those who warned me they'd be submitting late prior to tonight will get until Friday mostly because it will take me that long to go through and honestly listen to all of these several times anyway. I'm sorry that this isn't fair to those of you who have worked very hard to submit on time, but if you do want to touch your version up a little bit, I suppose I would also accept that by Friday.
Also, as far as encoding goes, everyone's should be at EXACTLY 192 kbps since we want to have a constant bit rate across the entire album. Those submitted at less should be resubmitted at the proper bit rate, and those submitted at a higher bit rate will be downsampled by either myself or the artist (if they choose to resubmit) to be at 192.
I think that was it for now... thanks again to everyone for submitting and please keep the questions coming. |
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switchy
- Gigographer -
USA
324 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2003 : 23:19:08
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| man, i just made it in at [almost] the 11th hour. i wanted to start from scratch earlier this evening, but broke a couple strings so gave up. i guess my finished product is good enough.. though still probably will be the worst of the lot. are the really shitty ones gonna be left off the comp, or should i not worry? :) at least i did a song off SMYT so it'll have some novelty value of being a cover song that the original version hasn't even been released yet. that's SOMETHING, right? |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 07:20:46
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| Hey, I think so. Of course, I'm invariably wrong 99.9% of the time... but this feels like the one. I don't suppose you'd mind bringing up the vocals and sending it again... they're pretty much inaudible except for the "There Goes Nadine" part... unless that's what you were going for. There are a few others that seem to have put vocals way too far down in the mix (not that I think the vocals should overpower everything, but you should at least be able to hear them). Don't mean to single you out, Gavin, the rest sounded pretty tasty. |
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Zipperrock
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Posted - 07/02/2003 : 09:14:16
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| Just to clarify, In my cover of Weeds the second rep of the second chorus is purposely lower because I stepped away from the mic. If you listen to the original, Frank does it by accident (I'm pretty sure) so I thought it would be fun to point out and recreate a mistake on the original track. I thought it was novel, but most of those who have heard it don't get it... oh well. |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 09:16:09
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| Actually, I was happy with the vocal levels on that track if I remember correctly, but interesting that I never noticed on the original... |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2003 : 09:21:37
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Woohoo - Friday!
It's been too damn nice out to sit inside and record. =)
I keep changing how i do the tune too...more guitars..less guitars...other sounds...quiet..loud..cheery..blue..hehe |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 07/02/2003 : 09:31:53
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| Who are you fooling, Dave, I could extend it to next July 1st and you still wouldn't get it done. :) |
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Retch
- FB Fan -
Ireland
64 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 10:13:24
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Hey Dean, did you get mine ? (rockaby)....I emailed it to you ?
This ain't no holiday. |
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peter radiator
= Cult of Ray =
USA
653 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 10:56:29
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Who are you fooling, Dave, I could extend it to next July 1st and you still wouldn't get it done. :)
Hey, that's funny. 
~ Peter Radiator
"Real music is out there and real people are making it." ~ Webb Wilder |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 11:08:52
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| Yeah, I got Sir Rockaby. Now here's your puppy, alive and well. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 07/02/2003 : 12:44:31
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| Dean, what do you think...I'm considering re-recording for Friday. Think it's worth it? |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 14:01:50
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| I thought your version came out pretty decent, actually, and it wasn't one of the tracks I had with level problems. If you want to rerecord, it certainly can't hurt - if it ends up worse you can scrap it, but if it ends up better, well... you have a better track. Still, it's certainly not necessary - the choice is yours, though. |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 14:34:22
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Originally posted by El Barto
From the filenames, some have done 256 (which is overkill imo).
the reason i encoded in 256 is because i wasnt sure if he would be decoding it burn to cd or something like that. and i figured the decoded wav would sound better if it was decoded from a higher mp3. he was cable too so i figured it didnt matter
-miked |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2003 : 14:35:06
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| I'll give it a shot. Thanks! :) |
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mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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