"I'm a Big Sister..." thread.

[crazysugarboy]

Have just downloaded and am listening now - sublime is the word!!

I've obviously got the reformed 192kbs version - however, I can't open the quicktime images - but I will see what version of qt I have and msg again.

[mark3]

Originally Posted by crazysugarboy

I can't open the quicktime images - but I will see what version of qt I have and msg again.

Did you try renaming the file (something.mov)? I had the same problem...

[the real stuff]

Crisis averted, indeed.

I couldn't tell a lick of a difference, but thanks again for keeping on top of things team UW.

[King of Snake]

Originally Posted by Jan

What will you see besides the lowpass? (which is the same btw: IABS~16000hz, LBT~16000hz)

I think clipping/limiting is much worse than a 16000 lowpass. Look what they did to old classics (on 1992-2002):
Pearls Girl (STITI top, 1992-2002 bottom, both normalized to show the difference)
Dirty Epic (dubno top, 1992-2002 bottom)
You'll definately lose 'punch' here.

Thank god that they did not do that to their new release.

ha, i never even really noticed that but yeah it's quite a difference.
I do love the "open" sound of STITI, even though you have to turn up the volume a bit more than most modern releases, at least you get dynamics.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by chimp

You're right - the audio was encoded at 160k rather than our standard 192k.

I've corrected this - and the new zip is up for you all to download at your leisure. Lucky we let you download more than once really!

Very sorry to you all and thank you for being so on the case.......

Thanks for correcting this. I did say in this post that:

Originally Posted by stimpee

In the past, some Underworldlive.com releases have been wrongly encoded and then re-released later giving users the ability to re-download them. If this is one such mistake then I'm sure UW/management know about it and will rectify it.

and I'm happy to say that it was the case. Have a little faith next time will you?

I hate to say "I told you so" but... "I told you so".

[mmm skyscraper]

I didn't realise which version of Quicktime I had and the stupid auto-updater doesn't tell you that version 7 exists. I don't want itunes, so I'll try the VLC player and the the QT stand alone if it doesn't work.

I think I'll just keep the 160 version for now.

[holden]

i'm just playing "I'm a big sister..." over and over. It's so multifaceted and full of subtle yet effective sounds. and though i'm not a huge fan of ambient music, this release does what UW always do so well... challenge expectations and take you on an audio journey. With the preference for vocal sounds and samples rather than lyrics, the voice as instrument is explored here perhaps more than any other UW release.

Just wondering, though...are the tracks listed anywhere? Jan, i appreciate your making the cue sheet...just not sure what to make of the last piano bit. Is it a separate track? Interesting that it's not mixed with the previous.

[GoatSucker]

Appreciated. Listening now... very nice.

Originally Posted by chimp

Okay Okay Okay!!!

I'm EXTREMELY sorry. It's my fault. I messed up.

You're right - the audio was encoded at 160k rather than our standard 192k.

I've corrected this - and the new zip is up for you all to download at your leisure. Lucky we let you download more than once really!

Very sorry to you all and thank you for being so on the case.......

[mmm skyscraper]

Originally Posted by Bargo

If anyone has trouble viewing the art, try playing the MOV in VLC, that worked for me no worries.

Worked great!

[TheBang]

Here's another cue sheet. Thanks, Jan, for the initial one. Pretty sure the first part is all Peach Tree, and the last track is 11 Hundred Hz.

TITLE "I'm a Big Sister, and I'm a Girl, and I'm a Princess, and This Is My Horse"
PERFORMER "Underworld"
FILE "05 I'm a Big Sister, and I'm a Girl, and I'm a Princess, and this is my Horse.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Peach Tree"
    PERFORMER "Underworld"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Mowed Path"
    PERFORMER "Underworld"
    INDEX 01 10:03:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Showlder"
    PERFORMER "Underworld"
    INDEX 01 14:58:70
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Wedge"
    PERFORMER "Underworld"
    INDEX 01 18:35:27
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "11 Hundred Hz"
    PERFORMER "Underworld"
    INDEX 01 28:12:44