I made a demo disc for a recent audio meet in NC. I made a bunch of demo discs to dish out to people who wanted one. Now that it's over, I figure I'd share the tracks with you guys.
This is more of a 'sampler' disc: there are 36 total tracks, with the average track time being about 2 minutes. So, long enough to get in to it, but not long enough to bore you. Just enough to make you want to go buy the disc.
Here's the link:
http://bit.ly/Pkjtd5
Here's a screen shot of the tracks as well:
The file is a .rar which can be extracted via winzip/winrar. All files are in .flac format. There is an accompanying excel file with all the track names as well as dynamic range information (if you care).
I spent some time hunting down 'the good versions' of CDs. Namely, not crappy remasters with the dynamic range squashed down all to bits. That's more apparent in the Tears for Fears songs (mobile fidelity sound labs version of Songs From The Big Chair and then the West German 1983 pressing of The Hurting). Also, the Dire Straits track is from the MoFi release as well. I tried to keep it varied. Intertwined are some songs some may rather ignore but I implore you to give them a shot as you may be surprised. I continually get positive feedback for my selection of 80's tracks, namely people saying they wouldn't have given it the time of day but realize now how well produced music was in that era. Then there are some other oddball tracks that may or may not tickle your fancy, but that's the nature of music.
I should warn you that I didn't normalize any of these files. So, as a song nears it's end, turn the volume down for the next track. You may have a song cranked up as it's DR is very high and the next song may hit you like a thunderclap due to it's lesser DR.
Hope you guys enjoy!
- Erin
