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I need some assistance finding some B5 MP3s. Now I know of www.musicofb5.com which is a GREAT site. However most of the MP3s there (with the exception of the Opening Credits) are all done in 128kbps
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Personally for my listening tastes when it comes to my car stereo or home stereo I like a minimum of 160kbps, if not 192. I have tried Morpheus and Limewire, but haven't had a ton of luck. Does anyone know where to find some of the episode music in 160kbps or 192kbps format?

Thanks,

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'I don't believe in the no-win scenario' - JTK
 
I don't know of any, and to be honest I am not sure what Christopher Franke would make of his music being distributed in this way.

On the Sonic Images site, most audio samples seem to have been done in RealAudio, I would assume partly to get around the ease of sharing that mp3 involves - never having got RA to work I can't say for sure !!

Unfortunately (speaking with my songwriter/musician head on) it is getting easier and easier to rip music straight from a CD into mp3 format - I know because my new WXP system allows me to do it using only bog-standard Windows Media Player v8.

Not wanting to sound too pious or put words into CF's mouth, but as he is a professional composer who has given all of us here a huge amount of aural pleasure over the last 7 years I don't think this is a practice to be encouraged.

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DaveC
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GaribaldisHair:
Unfortunately (speaking with my songwriter/musician head on) it is getting easier and easier to rip music straight from a CD into mp3 format.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you rip songs from your own CDs - the ones you have bought legally - into MP3 format for keeping them on your own hard drive or downloading them to your own MP3 player, and listen to them in playlists (I really don't like to listen to whole albums these days, I'd much rather listen to my 200-favourite-songs-playlist on shuffle), then what is wrong with it??

Ripping music off a CD and turning it into an MP3 file does not necessarily mean that you're going to share it on the web. The fact that it can be done - and is done - has nothing to do with ripping itself or ease of it.

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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else." - G'Kar, B5: Rangers
Kribu's Lounge | kribu@ranger.b5lr.com
 
At least in America, it is not illegal to take the CD, rip it on to your hard drive, and listen to it there - if you previously own the CD. If you've paid for it, if you've given the composer, artists, mixers, record company, etc., their due.

It IS illegal, very illegal, to rip an mp3, and share it with other people who have not paid for that music.

Yeah, it's less than convenient, etc... but Napster and WinMX and Audiogalaxy take from the artists an already weak livelihood (yes, ok, you can argue in Metallica, Puff Daddy, etc., case that they're not losing anything, but what about Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky, and Richard Shindell, and others of their ilk? They lose a lot).

That's why I have guilt trips over my very meager mp3 collection...

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
A purely theoretical question: would it be morally wrong to share boots with other people? Yes, I know that bootleg recordings as such are evil and wrong - but if they exist, then sharing what already exists only rips off the bootlegger.

As I've said in another thread, I don't download music from officially recorded and released albums. I have done so only a couple of times - when I have known that I will buy the album but will either have to order it (i.e. long waiting period) or just don't have the time to buy it right away - but in all of those cases I have actually bought the CD later on. So I don't have moral qualms over those instances.

Boots are another matter completely... but is it morally wrong to want to listen to live gems and unreleased songs which might be lost forever without bootleggers, if the band in question has (a) not condemned bootlegging, (b) is believed to be behind the 'leakage' of at least some unreleased studio recordings, and (c) band members have on several occasions admitted to owning and listening to another band's bootlegs?

Oops... I got a bit carried away here. My answer to the original question: nope, sorry, I don't know that.

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"Isn't the universe an amazing place? I wouldn't live anywhere else." - G'Kar, B5: Rangers
Kribu's Lounge | kribu@ranger.b5lr.com
 
My. I don't even know where to tackle that question, Kribu, so I won't. Sorry!

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
If I had walked into the local music store and found a CD made by Christopher Franke, which in itself is extremely unlikely since only the most Hip music is available in these kind of stores, I would have walked by it without a second glance and would have missed out on an incredible experience.

Because of MP3 files (and of course Babylon 5) I've been able to find out what an exceptionally brilliant composer Christopher Franke is and now know that I absolutely have to buy as much of CF's music as I can get my hands on.

I know CF has also been with a group called something like "Tangerine Dream" but I have no idea what kind of music this is and again I'm not able to buy it in just any music store, so if I could just get a bit of an appetizer ...

What I'm trying to say is that if MP3 files are used as a kind of demo/shareware/appetizer I'm all for it, but beyond that ...

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Not that I feel I have to, but I will, explain. I have over 15,000 mp3s. A LOT of them are ripped from various CDs that I have bought over the years. Others are rare masters, mixes, and things you simply cant FIND in CD format. Techno music, DJ remixes, things of that nature are extremely difficult, if not impossible to find on a CD. Most often they are distributed via MP3. I have a lot of here as well. The purpose of having it in this format is as mentioned above, I like using a playlist a lot better than switching between a few CDs in a changer. I will also honestly say that I currently do have a few B5 MP3s, but not one B5 CD...yet. The MP3s that I have found have turned me on to Christopher Franke's musical style, and I have been looking for just such a CD, as mentioned in another thread, for me to buy. I have no problems spending $ to support and artist, or a series, or something else I deem worthy. A good example is my premium membership. Did I _NEED_ a custom avatar? No. Did I need to not have ads on the site? No. But spending a lousy $15 to help support a site that has done a TON for this movie, and B5, I think is more than worth it. $15 means nothing to me, but means more as a show of support. I buy music in much the same way. I will be buying a B5 CD when I find the right one I want, and I may even have an MP3 or two that isn't on that CD, but either way, money of mine will be going to the artist in one way, shape, or form eventually. Im just used to finding Mp3's before I hit the Online CD stores
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I realize people's opinions on this may vary, and this is always a touchy subject, but this is my opinion, its not changing, and I thank you for your help in pointing me to that Christopher Franke link
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'I don't believe in the no-win scenario' - JTK
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Im just used to finding Mp3's before I hit the Online CD stores<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Absolutely no problem with that
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Unfortunately, the majority of people I know who regularly listen to music in mp3 format do so without any intention of buying the album it came from.

Even more unfortunately, I think my original post on this thread was a tad more argumentative when it left my fingers that it was when it left my brain. Sorry.

There are good arguments on both sides of this debate, and as Kosh would appreciate the reality is probably somewhere in between. As a non-commercially published writer I have chosen to put my songs online in mp3 format, and charge nothing for them to be downloaded by anyone who wants them.

An artist whose livelihood is dependent on selling his music may not be able to afford that luxury. I think what I am really concerned about with B5 mp3s is

"let's not hack off Christopher Franke after everything he's done".

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DaveC
"Want to talk socks?"
 
To sit down I will get myself a chair. At home I will buy the chair. I expect part of that money to go to the carpenter. When I move I want to take the chair with me.

Similar rules apply to a music CD.

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Andrew Swallow
 
If I download music or a film I expect to pay for it. The supplier should charge me. The download site should forward the royalties to either the artists or the official royalty collector.

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Andrew Swallow
 
There is one very good and simple reason to always do your best to Pay for music when you acquire it:

Starving Artists tend to quit creating when the hunger pangs get too intense and go to work at Wal-Mart instead.

If you want them to keep writing and playing music, you have to encourage them by waving Money.

Even street musicians will stop and move to another corner if no one drops any coins into the hat.



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