Before asking for a repost, read the POLICY.
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
(1685-1750)

WEIHNACHTSORATORIUM BWV 248
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

Lynn Dawson Sopran
Bernhard Landauer Alto
Charles Daniels Tenor & Evangelist
Klaus Mertens Bass

Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano

I Barocchisti
Leader: Duilio Galfetti

Diego Fasolis
Conductor


Recording: RSI Lugano, Auditorio Stello Molo, 30.12.2002-05.01.2003
Production: Giuseppe Ciericetti, Carlo Piccardi, Gian Andrea Lodovici
Sound Engineer and Recording supervision: Wolfgang Muller
Technical information:
Main-microphones: Neumann TLM-50S
Ambient-microphones: Schoeps MK2s
Other microphones:Schoeps MK21 + MK4 + BLMO3, Neumann KM184 + KM143
Analog-mixer: Studer 990
A/D-conversion 24-bit / 96-kHz : Prism Sound Dream AD2 
Digital recorder: Genex GX-8500 MOD-recorder 
Monitoring: Focal Proline MC-210 using Studer-power-amplifiers 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD-600
Digital editing + mastering: Sadie5-PCM-8 digital workstation using Waves-directX mastering
processing 
Authoring SADiE DSD-8

Arts, 47714-8
P, C: 2005

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Ripping:
Are you kidding? EAC, latest version, Secure mode "Copy".
Separate Secure mode "Test" done a few weeks before rip. Test and Copy CRC sets verified manually
after rip.
Tracks ripped as individual files, gaps maintained and appended to previous track [EAC default:
noncompliant gaps]
Log included. AccurateRip installed and rip results submitted to database. 
Drive is read offset corrected. Drive does not overread. Missing samples filled with silence.

Encoding:
flac; v. 1.1.3: -6 

Posted to:
flac: (abmc) (abslc)

****************** REPOSTS
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(Read this stuff before asking)

**** FILE RETENTION ****
I keep files for 6 FULL DAYS after a post. There is assured availability of PAR2 or segment reposts
during that period.
Past that, NO, because the files are deleted. I won't rerip a CD just to make more par2 blocks. 
I sometimes repost something from the past when asked. These posts will have "redux" in the subject
line. 
Since they are reposts, I keep those files for only TWO days after the post.

PAR2:                up to 10% of original CD (10%=around 70 blocks on a typical CD). Tell me HOW
MANY blocks 
                     you need when you make the request by testing using the base par2 file
provided first. 
                     i have to make them and "more" doesn't tell me if it's one or 100.

full tracks/files:   tell me why you need whole files instead of par. it might be easier to do
something else.
                     if you are using an old version of Forte Agent, read below. 
                     check the *free* back up server at yottanews first and tell me you've checked
it and 
                     why it won't work. see below about yottanews.
                     if you think a whole file or CD is "missing" read below, first.
                   
full disks:          almost never unless there are special circumstances. 

**** YOTTANEWS ****
If you need a large sized repost within 7 days after my initial post I'm usually going to refer you
to
yottanews.com. They have a **FREE** news account that gives you 1-gig/month of download allowance
just for 
registering. You give them a valid email and they send you back account connection instructions.
You can 
get a full CD there. They have 7-10 day retentions and fairly good completion. Sometimes the free
server is 
offline just when you need it though and sometimes it's slow. It's FREE. It's a great back up. Try
it first. 
Register here:
http://www.yottanews.com/freeaccount.php


**** HOW TO GET MY ATTENTION ****
There are only two good ways to ensure I'm going to see your message. Either:
- Put ATTN FM (or variation) in your message subject, or
- Reply to one of the post's messages without editing the message _subject_
I filter and score news group messages. If you don't do one of those there's a pretty good chance I
may miss it.


**** SEGMENT/PAR2 BASICS ****
To use PAR2s, get QuickPAR at http://www.pbclements.co.uk/QuickPar/index.htm 

If you need help using par2 to repair files, see:
http://usenethelp.abmefaq.net/QuickPar_Primer.html
It is *essential* that you download all of the available *incomplete* files on your server before
trying a par2 repair.
If you don't do this you end up needing far more par than normal.


**** WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND A FILE/CD ****
If you can't find a file or even a full CD on your server it's probably not because it didn't get
posted. Before
you tell me it's "missing" and you need a repost, try to locate it using an nzb file. I post one
for every CD.
Many software tools now support nzbs. NewsLeecher, GrabIt, NewsbinPro all support nzb files. They
can 
locate and download binary files without needing to download headers. If a file is on your server,
the nzb will find
and get it whether or not it is in your header set. If you can't find the posts for a whole disk,
including the nzb, 
go to a search site like binsearch:
http://www.binsearch.info/
Type in part(s) of the header (note that every one of my CD posts contains a unique code like
"6-204") and 
search for the post. If you can find it at binsearch, you can make an nzb. More info about nzbs:
http://www.slyck.com/ng.php?page=9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZB


**** !!! FORTE AGENT USERS READ THIS !!! ****
I will not post large amounts of par or repost full files for someone if you appear to be using a
version of Agent 
earlier than 3.0. Older Agent versions can't handle d/l-ing incompletes so that they need minimal
par to repair.
See these links for old version Agent/PAR2 instructions:
http://usenethelp.abmefaq.net/yEnc-Agent.html
http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Agent.htm


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Schedule:
Multi-disk posts done roughly one disk every day. Reposts/special posts sometimes done as the
market will bear.

Cue sheets:
One provided for each disk. It is a noncompliant, EAC-generated cue: tracks ripped as files, gaps
appended to previous. 
Recommend using it only with Exact Audio Copy or Burrrn as the burning software. Other software may
fail to recognize 
that format cue because of the noncompliant gap formats. If EAC does not support your CD-RW drive
for burning, 
you should be able to burn with Burrrn which also supports noncompliant cue sheets. You can get a
free copy here:
http://www.burrrn.net/

Some additional information about burning software that can use cue sheets:
http://www.dcsoft.com/cue_mastering_progs.htm

Tagging:
flac; flac (Vorbis) tags from tag.exe based on cue sheet info

Scans:
Posted with first CD.

Contact:
fm_posting@hotmail.com


---------FLAC and Utility Stuff---------
Codec for all OS (includes a WinAmp 2/5 plug-in in the Windoz codec. Also full list of support apps
with links):
http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html

Information on FLAC format:
http://www.aliveaudio.net/flac.html (basic + use FAQ)
http://flac.sourceforge.net/  (technical/documentation)
http://www.firstpr.com.au/audiocomp/lossless/  (techno-babble for those who know what predictors &
residuals are)

Windows alternate WinAMP 2/5 Plugin:
http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=131643

DirectShow filters for Windoz Media Player:
http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/
http://corecodec.org/projects/coreflac

Windows GUI Front ends (decoding to wave):
http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm
http://home.vxu.se/mdati00/frontah/  <-- Good and includes tagging! but not for Win95/98
http://www.foobar2000.com

Windows stand-alone FLAC decoder/transcoder/player
http://www.foobar2000.com

Snackintosh OS X GUI Front end:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21952
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Audio/MacFLAC.shtml

Tagging for Windoz:
http://members.home.nl/w.speek/tag.htm
http://www.foobar2000.com

Nero plug-in (allows burning flacs in Nero w/o decoding first [I don't recommend doing that]):
http://neroplugins.cd-rw.org/

MP3-Only Windows Users:
There is a program called Foobar2000 that can convert FLAC to mp3 in one step. Download from
http://www.foobar2000.com

Tips on downloading, news readers, decoding/encoding, posting software:
http://lossless.free.fr

Burning audio CDs with non-compliant cues:
EAC: http://exactaudiocopy.org/
Burrrn: http://www.burrrn.net/ (can also burrrn flac on-the-fly)
burnatonce: http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm