#musicbrainz

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      • ianmcorvidae
        yeah, that's what I figured
      • Freso
        (I think they've made an SC "set" as well, but I can't be bothered to look it up right now. :))
      • warp
        Freso: I've been using Ubuntu on one laptop since 11.04 I guess. I'm now also running it on the desktop and a VPS. none of these have broken (whatever broken is in this context).
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      • hawke_1
        intgr: The HIB music releases should be added as separate digital media releases…
      • warp
        oh wait, messed that up.
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      • refresh :)
      • ianmcorvidae: mpd runs on bullet-bill (a desktop computer), when I listen to music I use the usb device -> amplifier for best quality :)
      • ianmcorvidae
        sure, but mpd does the replaygain part itself
      • I don't really see how this matters re: replaygain :P
      • kepstin-work was contemplating making a replaygain implementation that worked by using an ir broadcaster to adjust the gain on his external amplifier :)
      • warp
        ianmcorvidae: I relatively often watch the livestream of the dutch house of representatives.
      • ianmcorvidae
        replaygain would just ensure the volume on the amplifier doesn't need changing regularly
      • (though switching sources might, it's true)
      • warp
        ianmcorvidae: which is just a bunch of people talking. which is boring in itself.
      • ianmcorvidae
      • warp
        ianmcorvidae: so the talking people are on 9-volt or 18-volt, while I'm still working on bullet-bill. I will then queue up some minimal techno on bullet-bill, at fairly low volume.
      • ianmcorvidae
        which in that case goes through the mixer, or?
      • warp
        ianmcorvidae: yes, I use the dodgy hardware mixer for that.
      • ianmcorvidae: anyway, so I regularly use four audio cards in various configurations, and volume levels are all over the place with that stuff.
      • ianmcorvidae
        seems like for that application replaygain would still be really nice -- no need to change the volume of the techno as it changes between albums in order to keep it matched to the right levels vs. the talking
      • obviously replaygain won't just let you stop touching volume, but it does remove one place where you'd have to
      • warp
        ianmcorvidae: the subtle volume changes between albums seem so insignificant compared to the huge jumps in volume between the different audio sources I switch between.
      • ianmcorvidae
        sure, which seems to suggest you'd be even better off never having to worry about them :P
      • making a small problem not exist is still an improvement
      • I do see why you wouldn't have bothered, but I'd still hold that it would improve your experience, however slightly :)
      • function1
        don't dupe edits usually get rejected? maybe b/c some got 502's
      • reosarevok
        function1: only if found
      • ianmcorvidae
        ah, kepstin uploaded scans for that, nice
      • reosarevok
        function1: of course, some will fail automatically anyway
      • But for example, if you add a release twice by mistake and nobody notices, both will stay there until someone does notice :)
      • function1
        reosarevok: not fail, but just D.O.A. guess not
      • reosarevok
        Sometimes, yes
      • (it will be like "that's changed in the meantime!!!" and fail it)
      • function1
        i mean i edited the release group to the same thing, three times, apparently, b/c i refreshed after a 502
      • and they were all open edits
      • seems like it should have refused the two dupes from even being entered
      • reosarevok
        Oh, nope
      • They'll fail when they try to apply
      • I mean, nope as in it doesn't do that. Not that it wouldn't make sense - I guess it's just harder
      • kovacsur
        sounds like a good idea to me, though, you could add a ticket for it :)
      • function1
        ive had too much MB for abt a week
      • er enough for a week
      • all these edits
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      • nikki
        kepstin-work: actually reosarevok deals with most of the redirects. I deal with the 404s and disambiguation pages. I tried to find out if it properly tracks things, but wikidata didn't know of anything I tried to look up so I have no idea.
      • Freso: 913 is a custom code for wikipedia redirects, since wikipedia helpfully returns a 200 for those
      • function1
        i have a classical release, titled "the four sections / foobar" and in the four sections part there are 4 tracks. liner notes say (1 I. Strings \n 2 II. Percussion etc.) can i use that roman numbering scheme? the guideline seems to say as long as you're consistent it's okay. unless there's some classical nuance here
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      • release is http://musicbrainz.org/release/18b48155-28dc-4f... wondering if its right or if i should do whats on the cover
      • hawke_1
        Looks right to me.
      • hard to say without seeing the printed tracklist though
      • function1
        hawke_1: see above. thats printed tracklist
      • intgr
        <hawke_1> intgr: The HIB music releases should be added as separate digital media releases…
      • You do it if you want to :)
      • hawke_1
        intgr: I am, I just see that you’re editing the CD release on the basis of the cover from the HIB release.
      • (for Darksiders, specifically)
      • function1: So is it …"The Four Sections\n 1 I. Strings (with Winds and Brass)\n 2 II. Percussion\n 3 III. Winds and Brass (with Strings)\n 4 IV. Full Orchestra\nMusic for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ”
      • intgr
        hawke_1: The cover is identical for the HIB release and the one on Amazon.
      • If you're talking about Darksiders
      • Otherwise I wouldn't have done it.
      • function1
        hawke_1: yes thats the list
      • hawke_1
        function1: Then you can use either the arabic or roman numerals.
      • Just be consistent
      • I wouldn’t use both, though
      • function1
        right. i was planning on useing I. Strings, II. etc
      • and changing whats already been entered in MB, savvy?
      • hawke_1
        You should keep the section title
      • So The Four Sections: I. Strings
      • function1
        The Four Sections, I. Strings;
      • ok
      • hawke_1
        Yep
      • (Or "The Four Sections: 1. Strings" would be fine if you prefer that)
      • noobie
        hm anyone got some good knowledge with amps ?
      • function1
        might as well just leave the 'part' in there anyway
      • hawke_1
        Personally I prefer arabic because it sorts well.
      • function1
        who needs sorting unless you're talking about a filesystem
      • i mean ascii sorting
      • hawke_1
        Who needs roman numerals unless you’re living 2000 years ago. ;-)
      • ascii or unicode, no difference there. :-)
      • function1
        i mean if we're going with all this 'whats on the cover' and theres so much info, you can sort by whatever you want in software. for filenames you'd want to start with an arabic number, yes
      • im a major proponent of YYYYMMDD
      • bc it sorts well
      • im starting arguments for no reason
      • warp
        function1: ISO-8601 :)
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      • LordSputnik just blew up some electronics
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      • nikki
        you're a bit late to be making fireworks
      • LordSputnik
        nikki: it was more clouds of smoke :P
      • nikki: I literally cooked a component :P
      • which would be fine, if i didn't need to use it to do lots of work this weekend :P
      • still, it's not the worst i've done :P i blew up an ipod in a similar way :D
      • nikki shakes her head
      • nikki
        what on earth do you do to your stuff? :P
      • LordSputnik
        well i do electronics at uni :P
      • nikki
        I see :P
      • LordSputnik
        i dont just randomly mess around with it :L
      • anyway, you all good? :)
      • hawke_1
        You’re trying to commercialize this, aren’t you: http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/
      • LordSputnik
        hawke_1: it was a remarkably similar situation :P
      • <jargon>I shortcircuited the two power rails because a lead was too long and fell across them. Which meant that I drew a few hundred mA through a diode only rated for 200...</jargon>
      • but the good news is i can probably fix the device because it's open source hardware ;)
      • and i think i only blew one component (though possibly two)
      • Freso
        ianmcorvidae: :D
      • ianmcorvidae: Did you reuse the recordings for all of them sans 12?
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      • ianmcorvidae
        13, you mean, and no; I reused all of them :)
      • possibly should be split
      • Freso
        ianmcorvidae: Well, track 13 should definitely be a new recording. :p
      • ianmcorvidae: The rest... check their AcoustIDs. If they're all the same, probably no reason to make new recordings.
      • (You could also listen through each one and compare... but running through a fingerprinter and comparing the results are probably easier.)
      • (And faster.)
      • ianmcorvidae
        a.) I only downloaded 13
      • and b.) it actually used the same acoustid, I think :P
      • Freso
        o.O
      • Strange.
      • I think it's fairly easy to determine that they aren't the same audio though.
      • ianmcorvidae
        yeah
      • Freso
        So they should be separate recordings.
      • And perhaps we should send a copy of each file to luks to figure out why they get the same id. :p
      • (And by "we" I mean you, since I didn't actually bother to download it.)
      • ianmcorvidae
        lol
      • Freso
        ianmcorvidae: https://acoustid.org/track/97c72264-4de6-44f8-9... only has one fingerprint too.
      • Are you sure you scanned the SoundCloud downloaded one?
      • It sounds rather unlikely that they'd have the same fingerprint.
      • ianmcorvidae
        I scanned it and it found the CD version, and thus didn't light up the submit, I think
      • Freso
        right.
      • ianmcorvidae
        weird
      • er not fingerprint, acoustid
      • hawke_1
        Is it after the 2-minute mark?
      • ianmcorvidae
        no
      • it's 0:17-1:10
      • hawke_1
      • And the difference is evident
      • ianmcorvidae
        ah, there we go
      • I just opened up acoustid-fingerprinter to use that instead, that's probably why it's just appeared
      • hawke_1
        I assume http://acoustid.org/fingerprint/24043239 is the corrupted one?
      • ianmcorvidae
        yeah, that's the CD version that has chunks of track 12 in it
      • ianmcorvidae works on splitting/unlinking/etc.
      • ianmcorvidae also wonders why picard wouldn't figure out the difference :/
      • https://acoustid.org/track/8f6e47dc-f3d6-4ce9-8... not that the new recording is replicated yet, but :)
      • ianmcorvidae goes to make a work to link the two, ah, "versions"
      • er, or someone already did :P
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      • hawke_1
        ianmcorvidae: I know picard will only submit if it’s different enough (like 90% different maybe?)
      • ianmcorvidae
        90% different where?