L'Arte del Violino (1644 version) - Poster's Note.txt
Source: Rutracker (an extraordinarily large torrent containing DSD64, 128 and 258 version, summing to 18 GB with 3 seeders for binaural ; the speaker version had only 1)
Label: Cobra Classics
Processing: Converion from DSD256 files to 24bit 44 KHz using Foobar 64bit FP and +6Db Gain (the loudest track is now at -1 Db). In Audition extremely short fades (like 0.1 sec) were made the start and end of every track to suppression initian/terminal clicks (you can Automate this in Audition). To 0.7 Db to all files in Audition so that the peak of the loudest file was -0.2 Dbfs. Dithering then truncation to 16 bits in Izotope RX (normal amount + shaped). Metadata tweaks & additions.
A note about binaural: Binaural is designed for headphones, recordeed with microphones attached to the dummy of a human head. The music will sound fine of speakers but will have less stereo width. Too much stereo width on headphones is distressing, but the same "wide" music listened to on speakers wouldn't trouble the hearer.
I hope people appreciate only having to download 1.3 GB instead of 18 GB. This is still high definition stuio master quality. Most sound cards including mu creatibe AE-5 cannot directly play back DSD, neither can older receivers. DSD is a gimmick, PCM is more versatile & is here to stay.
Note about 1644: This is my version of a CD Master, almost a quarter the size of 24bit 88 KHz and it probably sounds exactly the same when you account for placebo/priming effect. This is ready to be converted to ogg, m4a aac, Mp3, opus, etc for mobile devices with limited storage space. The recording itself is relatively noisy; the real noise floor (ie the volume before the music starts and after it ends) is around -40Db, though fortunately most of it is in the harder to perceive frequenices, the bass (rumble) and high frequencies (music recorded or converted to DSD always has a lof of high frequency noise; one reason among several not to use it).
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