Digital Files Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

If you’ve ever thought about digitizing your record collection, here’s how the Internet Archive does it

There are many reasons why you might want to digitize an analogue music format: storage, preservation, distribution, and so on.

Most of us are probably pretty ecumenical when it comes to choosing a format for listening to music. Digital files

Slowly–very slowly–people are coming around to the benefits of better sound for their music: cleaner highs, firmer lows, more depth

It’s called Qleek, a product from Ozenge, a tech start-up based in Paris. At first glance, this looks like a

It’s called Rap Genius which notates your digital files, allowing you to browse for things like lyrics, news articles, history

While I still buy CDs and vinyl, the vast bulk of my music purchases are digital files. It’s convenient, but

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You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
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