Here’s a final bump for the latest round of the CD/No CDs required Swap. On the original thread there is a lively and helpful discussion about how actual IRL objects like CD burners and blank CDs are no longer required though of course still very much allowed. You will still need some WAV/mp3/lossless whatever music files but with the aid of mp3 tag and wetransfer you can now take part from anywhere in the world, and without relying on the mailman.
If you are still not clear what we’re on about then the rules of CD/NoCDswap are in the original post. In a sentence we set a theme, you burn 12 anonymous tracks around this theme, you send them to some people. They send you theirs, you review theirs here and they review yours. Tons of fun especially with the reveals.
Two new and essential pieces of information: deadline if you’ve not signed up is this Sunday (30th). From then on @kid-dynamite will be putting you all into groups and the selecting and burning/drop-boxing can begin.
Secondly: we have a theme! Desire.
It could be a girl, or a guy, but also maybe a fine automobile (here I am standing with nothing but rubber heels…), greenbacks, or just a lust for life. As ever the spirit of the thing is not to go for QI Klaxon songs (here that would that U2 track) but imaginative, leftfield, possibly obscure and personal choices.
Everyone signed up so far in the comments.
First time I tried that it turned everyone into @kid-dynamite so now everyone on a different line
@vulpes-vulpes
@rigid-digit
@SteveT
@Mike_H
@retropath2
@NigelT
@Ron-Cucumber
@Twang
@Tinydemon
@salwarpe
@fatima-Xberg
@bamber
@Deviant808
@lemonhope
@wilson-wilson
@craig42blue
@bogart
@myoldman
Ta very much
The ‘original post’ that kicked this round of swapsies off:
I will be sending out CDs to any UK peeps that I’m grouped with. WeTransfer for export only.
Just my personal preference. Participants should just do as they wish/whatever’s easiest for them.
For those going the WeTransfer route, please make .flac recordings of your tracks if you can. Most player software supports the format these days and uncompressed tracks will sound better than .mp3s on your speakers/in your headphones.
I fear my audio files are not going to please the audiophiles. Not sure I know (or can hear the difference between) a wav from a flac from an mp3…
No difference between WAV and FLAC, and hard to ascertain mp3 if at 320kbps, I wouldn’t go under that for mp3s though.
I’m assuming kbps isn’t short for kilobeats per second – I’m not a hummingbird.
I’ve signed up but not been added to the comments
Hola compadres. I would be delighted to join and send some specific din to all who are interested