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This is the product I use for almost all of my tag management needs. I have found the product to be extremely powerful, with a robust user interface and great database management capabilities. I have used MediaMonkey since 2007 (yes, 2007), so I’m a true fan. I’ve chosen to use a premium solution, MediaMonkey.
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Again, there are many options, including native solutions such as Music on the Mac and Windows Media Player on Windows PCs. Once you have digital media files, you have to manage them in some way. Of course, technology keeps moving forward and there are continually evolving options, so the best choice yesterday may not be the best tomorrow. There are other options available, but FLAC is non-proprietary option.
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Where I could, I converted to and use digital music in a FLAC format. This is the subjective aspect of music compression at the end, you aren’t listening to music the way it was intended, but does it make a difference? Modern technology in music compression seeks to “lose” parts of the original music that you won’t perceive having been there in the first place. Either way, if it is “lossy”, some information is in fact taken out of the source and it is gone forever in the new object. You may trade off quality for disc space or some other parameter. Like-for-like, or lossless in the case of this media maintains its integrity at 100%. The “lossless” aspect reflects the fact that if you change physical formats, you can either convert it like-for-like, or convert it and change it in some way. This product helped me convert my extensive CD collection to its “lossless” equivalent as a digital file. Working on a Mac for this, I used XLD, which is a Lossless Decoder / Encoder. Given that I started with over 1,000 physical LP’s and CD’s, I needed to get these into a digital format. On the other hand, if the source quality is ideal, then you hope that the processing between the source and your ears doesn’t get in the way by lowering the quality. If the source is of poor quality, no amount of investment or modification between the source and your ears is going to improve the quality. On the consumption side, the quality of the overall music experience is limited by the weakest link. If you think through it, there is a supply chain associated with music from its production to its eventual consumption. I have a hybrid approach to digital music appreciation. If something works for you, that’s great. And of course, the whole “good”, “better”, “best” approach here works perfectly well. If convenience is paramount, and one has a “this is good enough for me” approach, then most streaming services and rips from analog sources are, in fact, good enough. Listening to music in the digital realm can be convenient and near instantaneous, but might come with compromises in quality and overall aural experience. Music has always been central to many aspects of my life, including playing a musical instrument, playing in bands and aggressively looking for the next best thing in music in general.Īfter amassing a large library of physical media (Vinyl LPs and CDs) numbering 1000+, I spent a considerable amount of time transitioning into the digital realm, in addition to holding on to a majority of my favorite vinyl collection. This post helps me to think through all aspects of enhancing your digital music experience, since that experience is very important to me personally as well.