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Not to be a downer, but out of curiosity, is there a reason why the sound on the MARATHON MAN samples sound so terrible?
Were the tapes in bad shape or what?
James
The low-bit rate mp3s I make for the samples add a lot of artifacts.
Neil
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Very interesting to note how Lukas decided to pit this CD against such megastar products like ID4 and Poseidon Adventure. "Is it safe?" They'll see, I suppose. Personally -- and this isn't a strong business mind, to say the least -- but it seems it could have hurt sales on a day like today -- or was it rushed to beat the empty wallets later in the week?
I ordered it, too!
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Not to be a downer, but out of curiosity, is there a reason why the sound on the MARATHON MAN samples sound so terrible?
Were the tapes in bad shape or what?
James
The low-bit rate mp3s I make for the samples add a lot of artifacts.
Neil
Thanks for the info Neil. I appreciate the reply.
James
Sure! I'm listening to the album now. It sounds much better than the samples.
Neil
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The low-bit rate mp3s I make for the samples add a lot of artifacts.
Neil
Since audio samples are truncated (never the full track) I'm puzzled why they're always encoded at inferior bit rates. Some of us evaluate our purchases by the quality of the audio, which is terribly obscured by a 75kbps MP3.
Compare this to an ice cream shop that offers free samples. Portions are tiny, no more than the size of a teaspoon, but they're never dipped in mustard and covered with belly button lint.
Of course, movie soundtracks are not ice cream. I'm sure there are unfortunate rules for samples that studios insist labels follow. Can you provide some insight here, Neil?
They download faster.
Neil
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Very interesting to note how Lukas decided to pit this CD against such megastar products like ID4 and Poseidon Adventure. "Is it safe?" They'll see, I suppose. Personally -- and this isn't a strong business mind, to say the least -- but it seems it could have hurt sales on a day like today -- or was it rushed to beat the empty wallets later in the week?
I ordered it, too!
I had nothing to do with the scheduling. It showed up when it showed up!
Lukas
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YAY!!! I just love it when I don't even have to think about whether or not to get a CD. I couldn't get to SAE fast enough to click the ole order button. Can't wait to hear Parallax. A thousand thanks, FSM!
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YAY!!! I just love it when I don't even have to think about whether or not to get a CD. I couldn't get to SAE fast enough to click the ole order button. Can't wait to hear Parallax. A thousand thanks, FSM!
That's the same thing I was thinking. Sometimes I'm asking myself... Should I spend that money? Marathon Man? Who the hell in their right mind would give that a second thought?
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Additional music on cd but not in movie.
Just watched movie again the following tracks are not used in movie......
ELSA'S INTRIGUE
DOC DIES
BATHROOM TERROR
TOO CLOSE/ESSEN
Every note in the movie is on the cd inc 50 seconds more on SCYLLA STABBED.......
Awsome..............................
"Drilling Horror" isn't used either. There might be more, I just don't remember.
Neil
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Finally! It really has happened!
We all saw it coming since SAE's promising and not so dubious facebook entry two weeks ago...
Two very long weeks, I must admit. Can't remember an occasion when I checked the FSM homepage for so many times just to see the appearance of this announcement... at least twenty times a day, I think ;-)
So there it is, the release of the year. Fantastic! Planning to re-watch THE PARALLAX VIEW for the first time in twenty-five years to get into the groove for the album. MARATHON MAN I believed to know inside out, but luckily, that's not true... lots of unreleased stuff there.
A MASSIVE big thanks to FSM for another "holy grail" unearthed. Not many more left for me, I'm afraid.
Lukas, if I someday would meet you in person, you'll have at least five drinks on me: one for PELHAM, one for THE OMEGA MAN, one for WAIT UNTIL DARK, one for BULLITT and one for MARATHON MAN.
You outdid yourself again.
Thank you!
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If the booklet doesn't contain a picture of a gremlin dressed up as a dentist I'm gonna be severely disappointed.
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I think we can all agree the days of dial-up internet access are well behind us...
No, we can't all agree. Because I am using a dial-up connection. A high speed connection isn't available where I live.
"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it's cold as hell
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
All this science I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time "
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It takes an enormous amount of work for us to give sound clips for every track (not just selected tracks). We also offer twice the length of the typical sound clip (60 vs. 30 sec). The resolution is low(er) because that's what the studios asked for and it saves on file size. I hope people actually buy the CDs so they're not living with the low-res sound clips?
Lukas
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