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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra goes digital
IF YOU'RE A FAN of classical music you will be glad to hear that the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is moving into the digital world.
This is a real treat for all of those who can't make it to live performances and can't wait for recorded versions to be released. The orchestra says that it will be providing live HD video and audio streaming of its concerts with around 30 real-time showings a season.
The first digital showing will be on the 6th of January and will be available for viewing through a Digital Concert Hall on the orchestra's website.
Orchestral music fans also have the option of viewing earlier recorded concerts that will be available for 48 hours after payment.
Each viewing will set you back around £8.50 although passes for unlimited use will also be up for grabs.
This is an initiative that is becoming more popular in the arts sector as more opera houses and orchestras put their work online in order to branch out to new audiences. µ
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@Martyn :
better way to tell this:
http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=FLAC+wiki&l=1
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96kHz 24 bit losslessly compressed (does FLAC even do 24 bit?) audio would be nice,
Up to 32 bit per sample, up to over 1Ghz, up to 8 channels - so yes!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flac#Technical_details
This is crazy!
Can they save it and watch it again another time, or is this a 1 time only viewing?
Sounds very expensive to me, but then I'm not into this music. I can't see popular music artist's charging this amount.
It's a good idea, maybe they should start doing this for the theatre, cinema etc.
Would be cool if I could watch the latest movies in the cinema at my home for about 75% of the ticket price. Then I wouldn't have to pay £3 for popcorn, £3 for a drink and £3 for a bag of sweets.
96kHz 24 bit losslessly compressed (does FLAC even do 24 bit?) audio would be nice, if you could download it in a DRM-free form. It would be a decent differentiator, and would let people bounce it down to iPod-friendly formats at a bitrate that suits the quality of their headphones etc. Playing it out at full bore with one of my better outboard DAC boxes hooked up to a nice quiet machine would sound lovely.. Mmmm... orchestra. Having acess to some very decent professional monitors and listening rooms would make me keener than most I guess, but I bet it's still of interest to people who aren't massive properllerheads like me.
It'd certainly make me think about buying the recordings at a sensible fee. Any less unencumbered, and I'm not interested. Any lower quality, and I'm expecting peanuts prices, as I may as well buy an existing recording on CD (16 bit, 44.1kHz uncompressed, no encumbrances) for that sort of money.
When I think "digital streaming", it brings to mind twingy apple sounding music with the higher and lower frequencies chopped off. What format will they be using and what bitrate?