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Q: What's the difference between a soundboard recording and an audience recording? A: A soundboard recording comes directly from the artist's mixing board at a concert. The sound quality often approaches that of an officially released live recording. In many instances, an official release may be edited, so if you can find a soundboard of the show the official release was taken from, you'll have a truer picture of the actual performance.
An audience recording is exactly what the name implies; a fan in the audience taped the show. In the 1960s and 1970s, this was done on reel to reel tape recorders. In the 1980s, it was predominantly cassette recorders. In the 1990s, with the improvement in audio technology, the majority of shows are recorded on DAT (digital audio tape). Over time, the quality of audience recordings has improved. It is unlikely that you will find a great sounding audience recording from the 1960s or 1970s simply because the technology wasn't there (there are some exceptions). Although poor quality audience shows are still being recorded and issued, the overall quality has improved with the advent of DAT. The biggest drawback of audience recordings is audience noise. Although the taper themselves may have remained quiet, there may have been a "screamer", "talker", "whistler", or "clapper" sitting nearby. Since 1995, the quality of audience recordings has improved a good deal. Many audience recordings have NO audience noise and some are so good it takes some very careful listening to tell that it is not a soundboard. A very basic rule of thumb is crowd noise, if any exists on a soundboard, will be distant. With an audience tape, the audience noise will be more distinct. You might hear a piece of a conversation between songs, for example. It should be noted that some boot collectors have a prejudice against audience recordings and will collect only soundboards. However, they are passing up some of the best shows and recordings available. A: Sometimes, FM radio stations will broadcast a concert or other event. They can be "simulcast" meaning it is being broadcast "live" or the show can be pre-recorded. Pre-recorded shows prior to 1993 or so were issued on vinyl records or on reel-to-reel tape. Since the mid-90s, these shows are issued on CD. Since 1998, these shows have been almost exclusively issued on CDR. Radio shows are acquired by fans by taping it off the air or by getting a copy of the actual record, reel-to-reel tape, or CD that was issued to radio stations. A: Yes, they are. A MP3 compresses the sound to take up less space. Compressed sound sounds bad. Easy and short answer, trade in .wav, .shn, flac or other loseless compression files. It's the only way to go. Q: Does the brand of the cdr make a difference? A: Debatable, but probably yes it does. Try to stay away from generic cdrs. They just do not last. Try using Mitsui or Taiyo Yuden. Mitsui are only available on the internet but TY makes cdrs for many other companies including Hewitt Packard and Fuji. If the cdr was made in Japan, it is probably a TY made product. A: A weed is a method of show distribution in which a show is spread rapidly by people continuing the weed in exchange for receiving the show. First somebody decides they have a show that they wish to weed out. Then they decide how many copies they wish to make available. A reasonable amount is 5 copies for a single disc and 3 for a double disc set. An announcement is made on a bulletin board or mailing list that he/she would like to make this show available to the first 5/3 persons to respond. If this is mailing list the replies must be offlist. They may wish to reserve a place or two for digesters and maybe, if they are generous, also reserve a place for a newbie or burnerless folks. Other than the burnerless, the people receiving the weed must agree to weed the show to a further 5/3 people. Eventually, after several alliterations of the announcement, the weeders will not be receiving 5/3 responses at which time the weed is saturated and everybody is happy. The weed then ends. This system does not require a B&P or a trade from respondents. A: A tree is a method in which a show is distributed but the recipients must trade for it. First somebody decides they have a show that they wish to tree. An announcement is made to a bulletin board or mailing list that he/she is treeing this show. The announcement will request certain information to be supplied in the responses, usually name, e-mail address, country, if burner-enabled or not, how many leafs your willing to burn for and other information that that "tree-er" considers important. A deadline will be set when no further signups will be accepted. The responses to the announcement, if supplied correctly offlist (this is important) will enable the tree planter to arrange the trunk, branches, and leafs in such a manner to minimize shipping distances, and therefore costs. Once the tree structure has been determined it is drawn up and presented to the all concerned. This then enables leafs to contact branches and branches to contact the trunk to arrange terms (B&P, trade, etc.) and confirm delivery addresses. Soon after the tree structure is completed the seed will distribute copies to each branch. The branch will then copy and ship to each leaf on receipt of agreed terms. Everybody ends up happy, except of course those that missed the deadline. For them it is a case of waiting, checking the structure and arranging a private B&P, trade, etc. with somebody on the tree. A: A chain is a very slow method in which a show is distributed but the recipients do not trade for it. First somebody decides they have a show that they wish to chain. An announcement is made to a bulletin board or mailing list that he/she is chaining this show. The announcement will request certain information to be supplied in the responses, usually name, e-mail address, country and other information that that "chain-er" considers important. A deadline will be set when no further signups will be accepted. The responses to the announcement, if supplied correctly offlist (this is important) will enable the chain head to arrange the chain in such a manner to minimize shipping distances, and therefore costs. The chain is then set. In a chain the originator sends the original discs to the next person in the chain. He/she makes a copy for himself from the original discs and then passes the originals on to the next person in the chain. And so on till the last person in the chain, who makes their copy and returns the originals to the originator of the chain. Everybody ends up happy, except those that missed the deadline. For them it is a case of waiting, checking the structure and arranging a private B&P, trade, etc. A: Basically a vine is a cross between a chain and a weed, only faster. A vine has no structure. First somebody decides they have a show that they wish to vine. An announcement is made to a bulletin board or mailing list that he/she is vining this show. The announcement will request certain information to be supplied in the responses, usually name, e-mail address, mailing address and a promise to continue the vine. If the originator of the vine chooses you to be the lucky recipient, the discs will be on there way to you. There are certain commitments that you make in accepting a vine. Mainly that you will continue the vine in a timely manner. Since you are perhaps the only person with these discs, it is important that they are reoffered in a timely manner. After receipt of the vine, you should make an offer to continue the vine with 48 hours and then mail within an additional 48 hours after that. And please remember, once you have chosen your vine recipient, please make a public announcement that such and such is receiving the vine and that the offer is closed. Please be sure to include the recipient’s first name and email address and SEND THEM A COPY OF THE EMAIL DIRECTLY. This is important and will help to eliminate traders receiving duplicates of shows. Scanner show: a show that was recorded from a scanner which picked up signal being sent to earpieces the band was wearing Q: Is there a time frame for trading, in other words how long before I give up? A: Remember, a lot of traders have a lot going on at once, most traders say that at the most if a month has passed and still no CD then probably you’re not going to receive it, two weeks is closer to the norm, remember, a lot of serious traders have many, many trades going on at once Q: I'm getting yellow/red lights in my client! Am I firewalled? A: Most likely yes, you are, most clients will however have help pages or FAQS to enable you to correct that problem, and remember Windows XP comes with a firewall so you will have to configure it manually…here’s a good site to help www.portforward.com Q: I notice the description says 1st…2nd Generation etc…what does that mean? The term generation refers to how many times Data has been copied. A tape that holds the original recording is known as a master. A copy of a master tape is known as first generation. A copy of first gen data is known as second gen and so forth. Q: Is it Ok to buy boots from E-Bay or from other places? A: NO, NO, NO a thousand times NO…in the first place it is illegal to buy or sell this material, and in the second place it goes against the whole idea of the trader community. This music was recording and ‘produced” by fans for the fans Q: I am confused by all the terminology...what is a(n) Uploader: The person who uploaded the .torrent file to WWW server. There can be only one uploader per torrent (of course - the same torrent exists only once)
Seeder: A person who shares a full copy of the torrent data to others. By "torrent data" I do not mean the .torrent file but the files/directories the .torrent file refers to. This may mean someone who has completed his download and, by leaving his client open, is now providing for other people to download off him.
Leecher: Person who is still downloading pieces of the torrent from other users and the seeder (if available)
Tracker: The server that is used to 'track' a torrent by connecting users who want a specific torrent with other users wanting (or having) the same torrent, thus sharing pieces of a torrent amongst each other until they have the complete package.
Announce URL: HTTP/HTTPS URL to the server, path and port where the BitTorrent tracker code is. This URL is used by clients to inform the tracker of their download/seed status and such.
EAC - Stands for Exact Audio Copy. It is a freeware program that securely extracts audio to the hard drive. It is the preferred method to copy music. Most traders will swear by its reliability, as do I. For all the information you could ever want to know about EAC go here.
DAO - Stands for Disk at Once. If you are burning a live show, this is how you want to do it. It burns the show onto the cdr without the 2 second gap between songs. Ever hear a live recording with those gaps? Annoying aren't they?
TAO - Stands for Track at Once. By burning via this method, the two second gaps are included between songs. If you are burning a compilation CDR, this would be the way to go but if it is a live show, go the DAO way.
B&P - Stands for Blanks and Postage. Basically you send the trader sufficient blank cdrs, return postage and a padded mailer to copy the music that you are looking for. The friendly trader (that's me) copies the show for you and drops it in the mail. You get the show you want and the friendly trader (that's me) gets the satisfaction of providing you good ole free music. For more information, please go here.
2:1 - Means 2 for 1. You find a trader that has a show that you are looking for and you send him 2 blank cdrs for every one that you want filled with music. Return postage may or may not also need to be sent but it normally is. Md5: an md5 file is basically a file showing the digital fingerprints of the file, what makes it important is it shows that the files are the same as when they were created, the reason this is important is that this insures that if the file was lossless to begin with it has kept it’s integrity. Also remember that flac and ape files do not have to have md5 files, the checksum for them is written into the file itself DAE: digital audio extraction is the process by which your computer reads the data from a CD and converts the music on the CD into .wav files (.aiff files if you use a Mac) Seekfiles: skt files are files which enable you to “seek” in songs (think of it as a ff button) using ShnAmp or XMMS-SHN. In newer versions of shn files the skt files are embedded, it’s only in shn files created with older versions that they are “outside” the shn file itself. |
