Re: arsclist Digital knowledge preservation

["Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

You are assuming that compressed MP3s = full knowledge.  It is knowledge of
the phrasing, partial knowledge of tonal qualities.

As with filtered 78 to LP transfers, only a different group of performance
elements are affected.

If it has to be transferred again to give the listener fullest access to the
audio signal, it is not worth the effort to preserve it long-term in altered
form. ARSC should not be a party to this.

Steven Smolian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Loughlin" <mikel78_rpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: arsclist Digital knowledge preservation


> Don-Just because you make an mp3 file of a recording doesn't mean you have
> to throw the source of the file out.  Save it for when it is really
needed.
> In the meantime mp3 files of any recording are easy to make. They are easy
> to post on the internet. And they are easy to access.  If you go to my
page
> at www.mp3.com/stations/totaledison you will find 1,000 Edison  recordings
> on one web page. They all sound great!  Why not 1,000,000? Isn't the
> preservation of knowledge best served by making that knowledge accessible
to
> everyone? What is unwise about this?
>
>                                     Mike Loughlin
>                                    www.mp3.com/edisonrecords
>
>
> >From: Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: arsclist Digital knowledge preservation
> >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:11:08 +0000
> >
> >On 17-Jun-02, Mike Richter wrote:
> >
> > > Having suffered the problems of recovering aged data, I recommend that
> > > ARSC establish a set of digital formats for its records in order to
> > > minimize the risk of obsolescence. I limit my own attempts at
> > > preservation to self-contained CD-ROMs in strict ISO 9660 format and
> > > include Windows retrieval capability. The language is HTML 2. Audio
> > > files are in MP3, which is not as well-defined as I would prefer.
> > > Unfortunately, the alternatives (WAV, AIFF) are inefficient in use of
> > > space and would not serve my purposes as well.
> >
> >It seems unwise to me to use lossy compression for any form of archival
> >storage. Once that information is thrown out, you can't get it back.
> >
> >Regards
> >--
> >Don Cox
> >doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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