![]() ![]() That said, recording technology has improved with time. If you like the older recording, buy that one. Some classical recordings are very recent, while others may be from the Sixties or Seventies. Even CD stores will let you listen in the shop. Libraries often have CD collections to listen to. If you hear a work or recording you like, try to find it in the stores. Most cities have classical music stations. To be sure you like what you buy, listen to music before you hand over the cash. And explore further from there.Ī CD collection can end up costing thousands of dollars. Or try music by other composers of that time. Try Vivaldi's other concerti, or Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. Try looking for other things they have written. It may have been Vivaldi's Four Seasons, or Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. ![]() ![]() You've decided to explore classical music because of one piece you heard and liked. The best way to learn is to listen to what you like and use it as a stepping stone to other music. Classical music is fun, and exploring the field can be an adventure. And you'll end up hating classical music. You could learn about classical music by reading books, learning music theory or going to classes. Just writing this out has been helpful, but perhaps other members can comment more on various programs (and this thread has been helpful too).Faced with 30 different recordings of the Four Seasons? Like Pachelbel's Canon but wonder who all these other composers are? The rules will help you sort through the chaff. And as time goes on, maybe I'll drop mp3 entirely. And as time goes on, they'll all be identical anyway. Incidentally, the converted mp3 files require minimal changes to make them exactly like my existing organizational system (or none at all if I don't care). I like the look of the cover view in the Windows Player. With #1 being an issue, I would probably continue to use Windows Media Player for mp3 listening, but would need to find a different player for FLAC (or some combo of programs). But with Musichi (if I decide to use it), I could rip to FLAC, convert another set of files to mp3 and then I would have both all ready to go depending on my needs. Here was my thinking - now that external disc sizes have increased, I have been thinking of converting to FLAC. it does take some time to get a hang of the system. It's just not as polished a look as some (though admittedly, there are others that are worse).ģ. In order to do gapless (according to the email response from the publisher), I would have to use an external player (like foobar or media monkey).Ģ. For a collection with lots of opera (and choral pieces), this is an issue. And the ease of normalizing everything so they are identical is nice too.īut there are some downsides for me (which I am posting here in case there are some fixes for them in case I have not yet seen them in my trial period):ġ. They include far more info than I would ever include by hand (some of which I am happy to add - like year of work). The large database of classical composers and works (not complete, but pretty good) is a huge help too. And that alone is a tremendous time saver (and makes the information that is digitized much more useful). In the past, if the disc were not recognized, I might enter 'Tosca disc 1' for all tracks (as place holder until I have time to go back, but never do), because who wants to enter 15 tracks of a foreign language? With Musichi, there is almost always a way to avoid the hand entering of text. And it cuts down the entering of track by track info. There a numerous good reasons to go with it. And it is quite powerful, in that for a large collection, it provides numerous and clear ways to organize your collection. So I have been tooling around with Musichi based on a mention by Jens. ![]()
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