ripped MP3 CDs only sound better with yellow highliter, but only if the average datarate is 128KBs, VBR MP3 collections cannot be improved by any color, you need a pyramid on top of the CD player, preferably made of nickel. -----Original Message----- From: Dave and Ros [mailto:daverosbooth@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 03:38 PM To: ''What were the skies like when you were young?'' Subject: RE: [Orb] wance moor.. v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }OK, I have got to try this green marker thing. I never heard of it. Particularly: will ripped mp3?s be improved with green ink? Orblivion is an absolute classic. It still sounds ahead of its time to me, even now. My only complaint is that 4 minute gap in 72?why? Same complaint with the Oxbow Lakes hidden-track mix on UFOff. I never got that hidden track thing. At least now I can edit out the blank space on mp3s? I think there is less music floating around before the album release now because there is less time between completion and release. Recall the good ol? Island days when the Orb would record an album and have it canned for two years?as in Cydonia. At least now the album gets done and then released. Done ranting. Thanks for listening. And thanks all for all the emails lately! Dave. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ramon Vink Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:31 AM To:What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: [Orb] wance moor.. Nice urban legend though. ;-) For Orblivion, didn't Andy have a big influence there? Too bad he left. Talking about the new album.. Does anyone have any insight on what the sound will be like? I mean, will it sound much like the OkiDoki thing? I realy like the Orb but OkiDoki is sooooo far from what the sound -used- to be like. Sorry for my rant.. Where are the old days where the music was floating around months before the release. :-D R ------------------------------------------------------------ From: lhalley@socal.rr.com To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:57:31 -0700 Subject: RE: [Orb] Talkin' bout the green The green markers. I knew that one would somehow come back one day. Have a few (3-4) that I tried it on at the time. Didn't hear any difference. If I recall the final conclusion was it didn't improve the sound in any way. Didn't hurt, but didn't work. Count me in. Loved Orblivion then and love it now! FVLL PS high Sarah, Rachel Behalf Of Brian Frick Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 8:38 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] orblivion quality. Oh, burn... and I wasn't going to say anything... but now that you mention it, I *am* a little bit jealous :D It's a great album (and a damn nice clock, Gavin). I at least have a t-shirt and poster somewhere... In re the "green marker trick" -- what exactly does this accomplish? Does it cause the laser to do something funky with regard to letting certain frequencies pass or not? What's the "science" behind this claim? -Brian On Jun 1, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Gavin Miller wrote:
And yes, it's my favorite Orb studio album. And (cough cough) I have the clock to validate my statement too. (eat yr heart out Brian) Gavin
Wow, listening closely to Orblivion's "Molten Love" again.. Keeps amazing me.. That's what i loved about the old orb, the polyrythmical thing in there. Any Orblivion fans here?
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With or without razor blade? _____ From: orb-bounces+interax=hotmail.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+interax=hotmail.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry@airstrip-one.com Sent: 03 June 2007 00:42 To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] wance moor.. ripped MP3 CDs only sound better with yellow highliter, but only if the average datarate is 128KBs, VBR MP3 collections cannot be improved by any color, you need a pyramid on top of the CD player, preferably made of nickel. -----Original Message----- From: Dave and Ros [mailto:daverosbooth@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 03:38 PM To: ''What were the skies like when you were young?'' Subject: RE: [Orb] wance moor.. OK, I have got to try this green marker thing. I never heard of it. Particularly: will ripped mp3?s be improved with green ink? Orblivion is an absolute classic. It still sounds ahead of its time to me, even now. My only complaint is that 4 minute gap in 72?why? Same complaint with the Oxbow Lakes hidden-track mix on UFOff. I never got that hidden track thing. At least now I can edit out the blank space on mp3s? I think there is less music floating around before the album release now because there is less time between completion and release. Recall the good ol? Island days when the Orb would record an album and have it canned for two years?as in Cydonia. At least now the album gets done and then released. Done ranting. Thanks for listening. And thanks all for all the emails lately! Dave. _____ From: orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ramon Vink Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:31 AM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: [Orb] wance moor.. Nice urban legend though. ;-) For Orblivion, didn't Andy have a big influence there? Too bad he left. Talking about the new album.. Does anyone have any insight on what the sound will be like? I mean, will it sound much like the OkiDoki thing? I realy like the Orb but OkiDoki is sooooo far from what the sound -used- to be like. Sorry for my rant.. Where are the old days where the music was floating around months before the release. :-D R _____ From: lhalley@socal.rr.com To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:57:31 -0700 Subject: RE: [Orb] Talkin' bout the green The green markers. I knew that one would somehow come back one day. Have a few (3-4) that I tried it on at the time. Didn't hear any difference. If I recall the final conclusion was it didn't improve the sound in any way. Didn't hurt, but didn't work. Count me in. Loved Orblivion then and love it now! FVLL PS high Sarah, Rachel Behalf Of Brian Frick Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 8:38 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] orblivion quality. Oh, burn... and I wasn't going to say anything... but now that you mention it, I *am* a little bit jealous :D It's a great album (and a damn nice clock, Gavin). I at least have a t-shirt and poster somewhere... In re the "green marker trick" -- what exactly does this accomplish? Does it cause the laser to do something funky with regard to letting certain frequencies pass or not? What's the "science" behind this claim? -Brian On Jun 1, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Gavin Miller wrote:
And yes, it's my favorite Orb studio album. And (cough cough) I have the clock to validate my statement too. (eat yr heart out Brian) Gavin
Wow, listening closely to Orblivion's "Molten Love" again.. Keeps amazing me.. That's what i loved about the old orb, the polyrythmical thing in there. Any Orblivion fans here?
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Hey all,
I think there is less music floating around before the album release now because there is less time between completion and release
Dunno about that. LX wa spinning tracks from Dream in his DJ sets last year. I also know I can listen to the new album whenever I choose to, only catch is I have to fly to a friend's town outside of the USA to do so... But I've heard good things about it. initial reports say it's nothing like Okie Dokie- that its very ambient and not minimaist techno. As I remember, Cydonia was delayed again & again due to the record lable merger fad of the late 90's- the staff at Island who worked with the Orb got laid off and every version of the album got reviewed by someone different each time. Too much inactivity apparently hit Hughes financially, so he left to earn the big bucks doing non-orbish stuff.
Recall the good ol? Island days when the Orb would record an album and have it canned for two years?as in Cydonia.
Cydonia was cannd for almost 4 years. Instead of releasing it Island/Def Jam/whomever insisted on a best-of album.
OK, I have got to try this green marker thing. I never heard of it. Particularly: will ripped mp3?s be improved with green ink?
the only way to improve ripped MP3's sound quality is to replace the files with the actual source material (CDs, Vinyl...) Listening to the Orb's music with ripped MP3s is about as pointless as fueling a Carrera GT with Speedway 87 octane. Gavin ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:27 AM, Gavin Miller wrote:
the only way to improve ripped MP3's sound quality is to replace the files with the actual source material (CDs, Vinyl...)
Amen to that!!
Listening to the Orb's music with ripped MP3s is about as pointless as fueling a Carrera GT with Speedway 87 octane.
Haha! Good one. And so true. My car stereo does NOT like the distortion introduced by lossy audio files. I prefer ripping to Apple Lossless for my iPod when I'm listening to Orb in the car... -Brian
LOL! Translation - NOTHING will improve the sound of an MP3...you can paint a turd a bright color, but it's still a smelly turd T -----Original Message----- From: orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+timc_orb=comcast.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry@airstrip-one.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:42 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] wance moor.. ripped MP3 CDs only sound better with yellow highliter, but only if the average datarate is 128KBs, VBR MP3 collections cannot be improved by any color, you need a pyramid on top of the CD player, preferably made of nickel. -----Original Message----- From: Dave and Ros [mailto:daverosbooth@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 03:38 PM To: ''What were the skies like when you were young?'' Subject: RE: [Orb] wance moor.. OK, I have got to try this green marker thing. I never heard of it. Particularly: will ripped mp3?s be improved with green ink? Orblivion is an absolute classic. It still sounds ahead of its time to me, even now. My only complaint is that 4 minute gap in 72?why? Same complaint with the Oxbow Lakes hidden-track mix on UFOff. I never got that hidden track thing. At least now I can edit out the blank space on mp3s? I think there is less music floating around before the album release now because there is less time between completion and release. Recall the good ol? Island days when the Orb would record an album and have it canned for two years?as in Cydonia. At least now the album gets done and then released. Done ranting. Thanks for listening. And thanks all for all the emails lately! Dave. _____ From: orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ramon Vink Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:31 AM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: [Orb] wance moor.. Nice urban legend though. ;-) For Orblivion, didn't Andy have a big influence there? Too bad he left. Talking about the new album.. Does anyone have any insight on what the sound will be like? I mean, will it sound much like the OkiDoki thing? I realy like the Orb but OkiDoki is sooooo far from what the sound -used- to be like. Sorry for my rant.. Where are the old days where the music was floating around months before the release. :-D R _____ From: lhalley@socal.rr.com To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:57:31 -0700 Subject: RE: [Orb] Talkin' bout the green The green markers. I knew that one would somehow come back one day. Have a few (3-4) that I tried it on at the time. Didn't hear any difference. If I recall the final conclusion was it didn't improve the sound in any way. Didn't hurt, but didn't work. Count me in. Loved Orblivion then and love it now! FVLL PS high Sarah, Rachel Behalf Of Brian Frick Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 8:38 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] orblivion quality. Oh, burn... and I wasn't going to say anything... but now that you mention it, I *am* a little bit jealous :D It's a great album (and a damn nice clock, Gavin). I at least have a t-shirt and poster somewhere... In re the "green marker trick" -- what exactly does this accomplish? Does it cause the laser to do something funky with regard to letting certain frequencies pass or not? What's the "science" behind this claim? -Brian On Jun 1, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Gavin Miller wrote:
And yes, it's my favorite Orb studio album. And (cough cough) I have the clock to validate my statement too. (eat yr heart out Brian) Gavin
Wow, listening closely to Orblivion's "Molten Love" again.. Keeps amazing me.. That's what i loved about the old orb, the polyrythmical thing in there. Any Orblivion fans here?
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What colour pyramid? Just nickel colour. Or does it need to be painted? _____ From: orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of jerry@airstrip-one.com Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 7:42 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] wance moor.. ripped MP3 CDs only sound better with yellow highliter, but only if the average datarate is 128KBs, VBR MP3 collections cannot be improved by any color, you need a pyramid on top of the CD player, preferably made of nickel. -----Original Message----- From: Dave and Ros [mailto:daverosbooth@rogers.com] Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2007 03:38 PM To: ''What were the skies like when you were young?'' Subject: RE: [Orb] wance moor.. OK, I have got to try this green marker thing. I never heard of it. Particularly: will ripped mp3?s be improved with green ink? Orblivion is an absolute classic. It still sounds ahead of its time to me, even now. My only complaint is that 4 minute gap in 72?why? Same complaint with the Oxbow Lakes hidden-track mix on UFOff. I never got that hidden track thing. At least now I can edit out the blank space on mp3s? I think there is less music floating around before the album release now because there is less time between completion and release. Recall the good ol? Island days when the Orb would record an album and have it canned for two years?as in Cydonia. At least now the album gets done and then released. Done ranting. Thanks for listening. And thanks all for all the emails lately! Dave. _____ From: orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+daverosbooth=rogers.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ramon Vink Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 4:31 AM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: [Orb] wance moor.. Nice urban legend though. ;-) For Orblivion, didn't Andy have a big influence there? Too bad he left. Talking about the new album.. Does anyone have any insight on what the sound will be like? I mean, will it sound much like the OkiDoki thing? I realy like the Orb but OkiDoki is sooooo far from what the sound -used- to be like. Sorry for my rant.. Where are the old days where the music was floating around months before the release. :-D R _____ From: lhalley@socal.rr.com To: orb@mailman.xmission.com Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:57:31 -0700 Subject: RE: [Orb] Talkin' bout the green The green markers. I knew that one would somehow come back one day. Have a few (3-4) that I tried it on at the time. Didn't hear any difference. If I recall the final conclusion was it didn't improve the sound in any way. Didn't hurt, but didn't work. Count me in. Loved Orblivion then and love it now! FVLL PS high Sarah, Rachel Behalf Of Brian Frick Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 8:38 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] orblivion quality. Oh, burn... and I wasn't going to say anything... but now that you mention it, I *am* a little bit jealous :D It's a great album (and a damn nice clock, Gavin). I at least have a t-shirt and poster somewhere... In re the "green marker trick" -- what exactly does this accomplish? Does it cause the laser to do something funky with regard to letting certain frequencies pass or not? What's the "science" behind this claim? -Brian On Jun 1, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Gavin Miller wrote:
And yes, it's my favorite Orb studio album. And (cough cough) I have the clock to validate my statement too. (eat yr heart out Brian) Gavin
Wow, listening closely to Orblivion's "Molten Love" again.. Keeps amazing me.. That's what i loved about the old orb, the polyrythmical thing in there. Any Orblivion fans here?
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