New M&E Track - THE LONG SLEEP!

Hi all,

I've just uploaded a new UFO music & effects track... for the
episode THE LONG SLEEP! You can listen to it at this page:

http://ufoseries.com/musicEffects

Note that I haven't yet removed the track for IDENTIFIED,
but I am monitoring the bandwidth these files are requiring.
(the IDENTIFIED M&E file used more bandwidth than any other
file on the website this month, and accounted for 15% of
the website's bandwidth).

Also note that I'm now deleting the opening & closing
credit music from these M&E files to reduce the file size.
I also spent some time last week experimenting with lower
bitrates and sampling frequencies to reduce the filesize
further, but in the end I decided that I would keep it
the same as before (64 kbps average bitrate, mono, 44 khz,
LAME MP3 encoder) rather than reduce the quality.

Marc

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I've just uploaded a new UFO music & effects track... for the
> episode THE LONG SLEEP! You can listen to it at this page:

Excellent, txs.
 
> Also note that I'm now deleting the opening & closing
> credit music from these M&E files to reduce the file size.

That is a pity though: deleting the credit music only reduces of about
1,5MB the size of the whole file; it would have been great to have it
totally complete, possibly with the '21st Century' intro as well: we
'audio completists' love to have all that's available!!!

> I also spent some time last week experimenting with lower
> bitrates and sampling frequencies to reduce the filesize
> further, but in the end I decided that I would keep it
> the same as before (64 kbps average bitrate, mono, 44 khz,
> LAME MP3 encoder) rather than reduce the quality.

Good, even though 64kbps is quite a low bitrate; are the original file
mono or stereo? If stereo, is there a chance to ever have them?

Txs anyway for the great opportunity to complete our collections!

(BTW, I have some .jpgs of italian UFO movie posters; are you
interested?)

--
- Portiere, è arrivato qualche vaglia?
- Ne aspettava?
- No, ma non si sa mai...
TOTO'

>>Also note that I'm now deleting the opening & closing
>>credit music from these M&E files to reduce the file size.
>
> That is a pity though: deleting the credit music only reduces of about
> 1,5MB the size of the whole file; it would have been great to have it
> totally complete, possibly with the '21st Century' intro as well: we
> 'audio completists' love to have all that's available!!!

Well, the opening & closing credits on the music & effects track are
identical to what you've heard many times on broadcasts and video
releases, so you probably already do "have" it.

> Good, even though 64kbps is quite a low bitrate; are the original file
> mono or stereo?

UFO M&E tracks are in mono. Therefore, a 64kbps mono file is equivalent
to a 128kbps stereo file. Most likely if you have a complaint about the
sound quality of this MP3, it is due to the original source material, not
the MP3 encoding.

> (BTW, I have some .jpgs of italian UFO movie posters; are you
> interested?)

Will they fit in the SHADO "files" section? You could upload them
there right now. Otherwise, it may be a long wait before it gets to my
website... for example, I've had these M&E tracks for 4 years!!

Marc

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Well, the opening & closing credits on the music & effects track are
> identical to what you've heard many times on broadcasts and video
> releases, so you probably already do "have" it.

Surely I have them, but then the M&E tracks misses them! :-/

> UFO M&E tracks are in mono. Therefore, a 64kbps mono file is equivalent
> to a 128kbps stereo file. Most likely if you have a complaint about the
> sound quality of this MP3, it is due to the original source material, not
> the MP3 encoding.

No complaints, I was just wondering if only mono takes were available.

> Will they fit in the SHADO "files" section? You could upload them
> there right now.  

8 of them have just been uploaded.

> Otherwise, it may be a long wait before it gets to my
> website... for example, I've had these M&E tracks for 4 years!!

well, too bad! But better later than never! :-)))

ciao,
Matteo

--
- Portiere, è arrivato qualche vaglia?
- Ne aspettava?
- No, ma non si sa mai...
TOTO'

> No complaints, I was just wondering if only mono takes were available.

Yes, they didn't make stereo tracks for TV shows back in 1969...


>>Will they fit in the SHADO "files" section? You could upload them
>>there right now.
>
> 8 of them have just been uploaded.

Thanks -- it's interesting that some of the photos used in these
posters I have never seen anywhere else!

>>Otherwise, it may be a long wait before it gets to my
>>website... for example, I've had these M&E tracks for 4 years!!
>
> well, too bad! But better later than never! :-)))

Four years ago, I didn't have enough hard disk space or monthly
traffic allowance to put these files onto my website. But now
I do. Although I'm not sure how many files I will be able to allow
on the website at the same time (I have an 80 GB/month traffic
limit).

Marc