[game_preservation] Old MP3s

[Devin Monnens]

Well, I could see that, and it especially has some historical content behind
it (hopefully more than 'what was the name of Bungie's MP3.com account?). I
own the CD. I could recreate the track exactly as it is here, only with
higher quality audio. Would that make this track 'better'? I suppose there's
also an argument out there that 'this is how it's supposed to sound' from
people who have grown up listening to mp3s (or at least low-quality ones),
that the music just 'sounds better' when it's encoded at low quality. It's
like low-quality became an aesthetic.

-Devin

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Frank Cifaldi <fcifaldi at gmail.com> wrote:


> It's not the sort of thing I'd shed a tear about if it were lost, but it

> would have some value as part of a larger internet time capsule I'd think.

>

> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Devin Monnens <dmonnens at gmail.com>wrote:

>

>> Do any of you guys think old MP3s still have some kind of value, given

>> that we can now get high-quality versions of some of these tunes? As an

>> example, I've got the Halo Theme from MP3.com, circa 2001. The entire piece

>> was integrated into a track on the album, but this was the first time the

>> song was made widely available (I think it even appeared in the trailer).

>>

>> http://vgmdaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/halo-theme-marty-odonnell/

>>

>> <http://vgmdaily.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/halo-theme-marty-odonnell/>

>> -Devin

>>

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