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Daft Punk - RAM lOTl - They're nice robots, they chose to stay.
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white dynamite
Member
Digging that Madeon mashup teaser. I can't wait to hear the full thing.
Horizon is great. Very soothing.
kevo_huevo
Member
great album.
the only tracks i'm not really feeling are the game of love, within, and motherboard. motherboard and within feel a little out of place, and i just prefer something more up-tempo instead of listening to the game of love.
the only tracks i'm not really feeling are the game of love, within, and motherboard. motherboard and within feel a little out of place, and i just prefer something more up-tempo instead of listening to the game of love.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
Just gave the album a listen. Pretty meh. Is this what people wanted when everyone was shitting on Human After All?
Mr. Wonderful
Member
An update on the best digital version of the album available:
Edit: See Post 4972 for my final conclusion.
I got the CD today and was able to compare the sound waves to the Mastered for iTunes version, and I can say with confidence that the mastering between the Mastered for iTunes and CD versions are completely identical, so you're safe buying either version.
I need to get my hands on the 320kbps MP3s that come with the Vinyl to look at those waves still, because supposedly that's the highest quality mastered version, but I haven't been able to find it yet.
By the way, the 24-bit/88.2kHz Studio Master version of the album is available on HDTracks in the US now. If it's the same as the French version, however, you'll probably want to stay away.
Loving the album, BTW. Can't wait to give it a full listen during a road trip this weekend. Listening to Daft Punk on road trips is one of my favorite things to do.
Edit: See Post 4972 for my final conclusion.
I got the CD today and was able to compare the sound waves to the Mastered for iTunes version, and I can say with confidence that the mastering between the Mastered for iTunes and CD versions are completely identical, so you're safe buying either version.
I need to get my hands on the 320kbps MP3s that come with the Vinyl to look at those waves still, because supposedly that's the highest quality mastered version, but I haven't been able to find it yet.
By the way, the 24-bit/88.2kHz Studio Master version of the album is available on HDTracks in the US now. If it's the same as the French version, however, you'll probably want to stay away.
Loving the album, BTW. Can't wait to give it a full listen during a road trip this weekend. Listening to Daft Punk on road trips is one of my favorite things to do.
I think you will remember the day you come around on Touch.
It's THE pivotal song, and the true gateway to enlightenment.
bigwinnerx
Member
Glorious album. Love it. Perfect.
Kids won't quite understand the album part, not the individual song part. Sum of its parts, etc. Saw some other comparisons to the Dark Side of the Moon type albums, and this definitely fits. It's a front-to-back experience, Get Lucky is a bit of a Trojan Horse because it's taken out of context. You need to understand why it follows Touch.
Kids won't quite understand the album part, not the individual song part. Sum of its parts, etc. Saw some other comparisons to the Dark Side of the Moon type albums, and this definitely fits. It's a front-to-back experience, Get Lucky is a bit of a Trojan Horse because it's taken out of context. You need to understand why it follows Touch.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Picked it up during lunch. First 4 tracks are ho hum. Will listen to the rest on the way home.
Was disappointed by Georgio by Moroder.
Was disappointed by Georgio by Moroder.
Cool. I feel good about getting the CD version, now. Not that I ever felt bad, just nice to know I chose one of the quality choices.
Douglas Quaid
Member
Just had an amazing fucking thought. What if this album becomes an all time best seller!?
Thugnificent
Member
I really like Giorgio by Moroder! Though if you start picturing Arnold in your head, it might ruin the intro for you lol.
petethepanda
Member
S'alright.
Hell of a fucking closer, though.
Hell of a fucking closer, though.
I listened to it a couple times and I'm not feeling it. It's not bad, but nothing stands out to me either. My favorite Daft Punk tracks were always the slower ones, like "Something About Us", which makes it odd I don't like this album because it's full of slower moody tracks. I don't know, I don't hate it, I don't like it, the album is just meh.
bigwinnerx
Member
It showed up about 3pm local time. Not sure if it is timed out that way, but, was into the afternoon until I had the AutoRip available.
it won't even be the best selling album of this year.
Should be in your cloud player. You download it from there.
Mr. Wonderful
Member
OK, so whoever converted the Studio Masters to 320kbps MP3s and uploaded the entry to the Dynamic Range database was an idiot.
I went ahead and bought the HDTracks version of the album myself to check the quality, and below is what I found.
As you can see in the second image, the Studio Masters seems to be the same Master as the CD and Mastered for iTunes version. Loudness is about the same, making the waves look almost identical. The only difference is the Studio Master version has absolutely NO clipping in any of the songs, compared to the iTunes and CD version, which clip in various different places, albiet not terribly. The Studio Master, as you can see in the purple charts, also has TONS of frequency, AKA noise, above 22kHz. Whether this is a good thing to you can be likened to the preference for film grain in (analog) movies. Would you rather have a Blu-ray that contains all the film grain because the video is so high quality? Or would you rather have a smooth looking picture at the cost of a little detail that you probably won't/can't even notice?
All the same, however, dynamic range and loudness is the same between the Studio Master, iTunes, and CD version. If you're going digital, the best quality is the Qobuz/HDTracks Studio Master, by a margin. If you want better mastering, you're going to need to get the vinyl.
I went ahead and bought the HDTracks version of the album myself to check the quality, and below is what I found.
Converting to 16-bit/44.1kHz 320kbps AAC using iTunes results in tons of clipping being introduced (the red lines), and all frequencies (most likely being detected as noise, but clipping is happening all the same) above 22kHz being removed. So basically, the point becomes that uploading a 320kbps conversion of the Studio Masters as a representative sample of the Studio Master's quality is just a dumb thing to do.
As you can see in the second image, the Studio Masters seems to be the same Master as the CD and Mastered for iTunes version. Loudness is about the same, making the waves look almost identical. The only difference is the Studio Master version has absolutely NO clipping in any of the songs, compared to the iTunes and CD version, which clip in various different places, albiet not terribly. The Studio Master, as you can see in the purple charts, also has TONS of frequency, AKA noise, above 22kHz. Whether this is a good thing to you can be likened to the preference for film grain in (analog) movies. Would you rather have a Blu-ray that contains all the film grain because the video is so high quality? Or would you rather have a smooth looking picture at the cost of a little detail that you probably won't/can't even notice?
All the same, however, dynamic range and loudness is the same between the Studio Master, iTunes, and CD version. If you're going digital, the best quality is the Qobuz/HDTracks Studio Master, by a margin. If you want better mastering, you're going to need to get the vinyl.
Douglas Quaid
Member
captainwhat
Member
The vinyl sounds so good.
Ken Masters
Banned
3 record stores around me with prices for LP
$39.99 (lol)
$32.99
$29.99
$39.99 (lol)
$32.99
$29.99
that's because it released in 73 countries at once. It ain't happening.
Fox Mulder
Member
I thought it was stupid, so I got the CD at retail for $10 and ripped a 320kbps copy myself.
Was the first physical CD I've bought in forever.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
You have to remember this is a daily chart. It means its outselling everything else right now. What other high profile releases were there today?
What would be impressive is if, say, it was number one in the weekly charts for several weeks. Something very unlikely to happen.
No plans. They've been asked in just about every interview.
Master_Funk
Member
If it sells well consistently, it may outsell other albums released this year in terms of total sales. Their marketing and their single release schedule has to be on point though for this to happen.
No way in hell it outsells 20/20 Experience.
You can buy the CD album and they give you the MP3s (AutoRip) anyways. It doesn't really make sense to me why the mp3 album is more expensive.
flamingotripod
Member
Pharrell is doing some Keanu Reeves shit he looks like hes 20
Ken Masters
Banned
the beat is too cliche disco for me
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
So odd. I got the vinyl today from amazon, but they didn't give me the audio rip/it's not in my cloud player still. Contacted CS who had no idea wtf I was talking about ._. and refunded me $8 instead.
edit- lol it just showed up right now. So I got the vinyl for $8 cheaper. Thanks dumb CS rep! *high five*
edit- lol it just showed up right now. So I got the vinyl for $8 cheaper. Thanks dumb CS rep! *high five*
Thanks for this! Album is on another level. Well beyond expectations.
whatsinaname
Member
Seriously, the vinyl is pretty awesome. Giorgio, Instant Crush and Touch!
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
I RESISTED UNTIL TODAY.
Ripped my CD to flac. Track 1. Dat chorus. My god. Song was like 4min too short.
Ripped my CD to flac. Track 1. Dat chorus. My god. Song was like 4min too short.