Comments on: Trust Me With Your Ears: Volume Six

By: Rev. Name Withheld

Rev. Name Withheld — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:04:05 +0000

Awww, I thought it sounded real good with all the fuzz – like a low-grade WAV file. Realy early internet style.

By: Littleedge

Littleedge — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:30:43 +0000

I heard it fine (and loved it). And woah. Pentadact addressed me and answered my question. My life is complete once I get Chris over at First Person Shouter to do the same ^^

Keep up with Trust Me With Your Ears. Or any music, really. I’ve probably gotten half of the music you’ve linked (probably more).

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:05:09 +0000

Oh, and the new PCGPC plays just fine so it’s not some grandfather clause.

This is why I don’t read mystery novels.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:57:42 +0000

Wow, ninja’d. No, it still sounds the same after a complete browser shutdown and restart.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:55:31 +0000

I may have been wrong about the echo; it's hard for me to tell, since the song has lots of echo by itself. Anyway, here's what it sounds like on my machine. http://rapidshare.com/files/219055548/Ze_Frank_and_some_computer_problem_-_Social_Network_56K_Mix.mp3.html

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:53:49 +0000

Try it now, I’ve just switched the MP3 with a different copy. Kind of an oxymoron, but might help.

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:45:08 +0000

There’s certainly something going on with the definition and frequency profile of the sound itself – it’s not just a problem of superimposed noise – but I’m not an audiophile. It seems deeper but not timeshifted? There may be an echo, but if so it’s very very fast and subtle. It doesn’t sound anything like overzealous bitrate compression or destructive-phase channel muxing, the two MP3 sound problems with which I’m familiar. The superimposed buzz does echo on a macroscopic scale, which suggests to me that the problem doesn’t fit in an MPEG frame and must be something external to the file e.g. the player’s interaction with the browser and sound device. And again, having ganked the MP3 file itself it sounds fine when played with anything outside of the browser. No biggie.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:09:11 +0000

Holy shit, that’s a hell of a length to go to. I’ll see if I can get a different version of it and re-upload. I should buy it, actually, didn’t realise it was for sale until now.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:45:15 +0000

I built a new computer and it sounds fine now.

By: Roadrunner

Roadrunner — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:44:04 +0000

Jason L, Does the noise slightly echo, almost like a tiny tiny delay?

By: Jason L

Jason L — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:33:55 +0000

OK, there’s something wrong with the player plugin then. I had thought it was just a (misguided) artistic decision until I went to the movie and checked out the MP3 file itself. Both of those play OK, but through the player here it’s consistently screwed up.

It’s so hard to describe sound-screwed-upness! There’s this low-frequency electrostatic buzz that’s present throughout the song and fills, then echoes every sound for maybe half a second. It hates bass the most – it’s sort of like dynamic range clipping but at the low end? I don’t have time to record it until tonight.

For extra fun, I checked out a couple of other Trust Mes and they’re still fine – so there’s just something about this file and maybe our browsers that the player really doesn’t like. Firefox WinXP 2009032609.

By: SenatorPalpatine

SenatorPalpatine — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:36:38 +0000

I liked it.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:27:16 +0000

That was great fun. I like what happens if you play it safe at every turn. Also: love Imogen Heap. Littleedge: as Radomaj correctly notes, it's a song by internet vlog-o-star Ze Frank. People with sound quality issues: buh? It really does sound fine on my machine. Try watching the video here.

By: Spy

Spy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:28:59 +0000

Nice machinima Smurfy

But can you give us a bit of background on Dar’s E-funeral? That’s like the most amazing vid I’ve ever seen and I don’t understand it.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:56:00 +0000

Gee whiz, squire!

By: Roadrunner

Roadrunner — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:17:52 +0000

That is some damn fine machinima.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:59:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23b3e1-nvJ0

My latest GTA IV machinima… but it’s not an ordinary machinima…

By: Littleedge

Littleedge — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:13 +0000

What is this song? It’s actually really awesome.

By: J-Man

J-Man — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:17:43 +0000

Sound quality is fine fo’ me.

By: Smurfy

Smurfy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:52:23 +0000

Fix the motherflippin’ sound quality you flippin’ motherflipper!

By: J-Man

J-Man — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:56:31 +0000

Hehehe… the bit about “taking the picture of you taking the picture of you holding the camera in the bathroom mirror” is actually incredibly accurate. Nearly all my female friends on facebook have endless photo albums of those.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:09:40 +0000

No problem, I agree.

By: radomaj

radomaj — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:43:17 +0000

Just as Roadrunner, at first i thought it was Jonathan, but after a couple of minutes it hit me: ze frank – the greatest man on the Web (sorry Tom).

By: Roadrunner

Roadrunner — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:40:04 +0000

Reminds me of Jonathan Coulton. But I bet there’s alot of that kinda stuff about these days.

By: KaffN8ed

KaffN8ed — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:25:28 +0000

I found myself adjusting my speakers, before realizing that it was supposed to sound like that.

…Right?

By: wowbagger

wowbagger — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:52:10 +0000

This is so dumb that I think I like it.

By: Spy

Spy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:36:58 +0000

That fuzzy background noise is getting on my nerves.