The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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February 24, 2017♫ Episode #41 – Whatever Became of EQ?
Andy Doe joins us to talk about EQ. What is it, how does it work, do you need it, and where did it go?
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
Equalization on Wikipedia
The Mysterious Loudness Control: What Does It Do?
How to tweak your sound in iTunes and on iOS devices
The Next Track, Episode #21 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Subwoofers
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Grateful Dead: Morning Dew, 5/8/77, Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Doug: Pink Floyd: The Wall
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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28min
February 17, 2017♫ Episode #40 – The Revenge of Analog, with David Sax
Author David Sax talks about his book The Revenge of Analog: why people like vinyl, and why other analog technologies are popular today.
This week’s guest:
David Sax, The Revenge of Analog: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/features/revengeofanalog/
Show notes:
This week’s guest:
My review of The Revenge of Analog
The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz
Do Vinyl Records Sound Better than CDs?
Discogs
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Harold Budd: Perhaps
Doug: Kirsty MacColl: Tropical Brainstorm
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Special Guest: David Sax.
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February 10, 2017♫ Episode #39 – Storing Media on a Network-Attached Storage Device
Doug and Kirk discuss storing a media library on a network-attached storage device. We focus on using a NAS with iTunes, but there’s some useful information for those using a NAS with other media software.
Show notes:
WD MyCloud EX2
Plex
Doug’s Launch at Login applet
How to map a network drive on Windows
Our next tracks:
Kirk: John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season
Doug: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Jukebox Explosion
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February 03, 2017♫ Episode #38 – New in Audio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Chris Connaker went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He reports for us on new audio equipment and the MQA music format.
This week’s guest:
Chris Connaker of the The Computer Audiophile website
Show notes:
Chris Connaker’s Long Strange Trip
Chris’s overview of his visit to the CES
Pandora is available in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
The Next Track, Episode #6: What Is High-Resolution Audio?
Chris’s 2014 article High Resolution Audio Isn’t Coming Soon From Apple
Mastered for iTunes (PDF)
MQA website, Wikipedia
Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Music, from 2007
Klipsch, The Three
The Revenge of Analog, by David Sax
AudioQuest Dragonfly Red DAC
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Genesis – Seconds Out
Doug: The Bomboras: It Came From Pier 13!
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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37min
January 27, 2017♫ Episode #37 – Ripping DVDs and Blu-Rays, with Rob Griffiths
Mac writer Rob Griffiths tells us how to efficiently rip DVDs and Blu-Rays.
This week’s guest:
Rob Griffiths
Show notes:
The Committed podcast
The Complete West Wing on iTunes (in HD)
Revisiting ripping Blu-Ray discs
Detailed instructions for installing the transcode-video tools
Pioneer Slim External Blu Ray Writer BDR-XD05B
MacGo Blu-Ray Player
MakeMKV
HandBrake 1.0
VLC Media Player
transcode-video
Installing transcode-video
Difference Between Mp4 and M4v
Change Videos from Home Movies to Movies, TV Shows or Music Videos in iTunes
iFlicks 2
Hamlet, by the Royal Shakespeare Company
A deep dive into HandBrake and Video Transcoding
WD My Passport 4 TB portable hard drive
Our next tracks:
Kirk: King Crimson
Doug: Public Image Ltd. – Album
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Special Guest: Rob Griffiths.
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January 20, 2017♫ Episode #36 – Music Consumption in an Era of Media Fragmentation
Andy Doe returns to discuss how music consumption has changed in this era of fragmented media.
“We are the acquisitors.”
This week’s guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
Chris Anderson: The Long Tail, Free
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Pink Floyd: Animals
Doug: Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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33min
January 13, 2017♫ Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Musician and developer Peter Chilvers discusses making apps with Brian Eno, including the new generative music composition Reflection.
“Imagine lots and lots of theremins looping back at you…”
Show notes:
Peter Chilvers’ website
Ten years working with Brian Eno
Generative Music website with Peter’s apps Scape, Bloom, Trope, and Air
Kirk’s review of the Reflection CD and app
Kirk’s 2013 review of Four apps for making ambient music on your iOS device
Note: Peter Chilvers’ explanation of the Reflection app’s pricing, which comes in around the 23-minute mark, is a brief recording he made after the show because he was unsatisfied with the way he replied to the question during the recording.
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Brad Mehldau: Blues and Ballads
Doug: Homer & Jethro: Country Their Way – 36 All-Time Greatest Hits
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Special Guest: Peter Chilvers.
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33min
January 06, 2017♫ Episode #34 – The Cloud vs Syncing: Pros & Cons
We take a look at the pros and cons of syncing music to your portable device versus using the cloud to store your music.
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Show notes:
Episode #22 – In Praise of the iPod Classic
How Many Matches Does iTunes Match Match, When iTunes Match Does Match Matches?
Apple improves iCloud Music Library matching, ditches copy-protected matched files for Apple Music users
Here’s How Messed Up Apple Music Metadata Is
Macworld: Ask the iTunes Guy
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Brian Eno: Reflection
Doug: David Bowie: Stage
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December 30, 2016♫ Episode #33 – This Was the Year that Was, 2016
In this special, one-hour, year-end episode, we feature clips from some of our more popular episodes. If you’re just discovering The Next Track, this highlight reel will give you an idea of the topics we cover in the show.
Alex Ross on classical music
Sunny Nam on mastering records
Elijah Wald on the blues
Timo Andres on composing classical music
David Browne on the Grateful Dead
Will Hermes on discovering new music
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Show notes:
Below are links to for each of the original episodes featuring our guests, other episodes mentioned in the show, and links to their websites, books, and more.
Episode 18: Alex Ross on classical music
Episode 7: Music and genres
Alex Ross’s website, The Rest is Noise
Alex Ross’s writings on The New Yorker
Alex Ross’s books: The Rest is Noise, Listen to This
Episode 15: Sunny Nam or mastering and remastering
Sunny Nam’s company Jacob’s Well Mastering
Sunny Nam’s recordings on Discogs
Episode 20: Elijah Wald on the blues
Elijah Wald’s website
Elijah Wald’s Songobiography
Elijah Wald’s book: Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Episode 24: Timo Andres on contemporary classical music
Timo Andres’s website
Timo Andres on Nonesuch Records
Episode 23: David Browne on the history of the Grateful Dead
David Browne’s website
So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
Episode 9: Will Hermes on discovering new music
Will Hermes’ website
Will Hermes’ writing on Rolling Stone; his reviews on WNYC; All Things Considered
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever
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December 23, 2016♫ Episode #32 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about DACs (Digital-Analog Converters)
Chris Connaker of the Computer Audiophile website explains what a DAC is, how it works, and a whether you need one. (And how you already have lots of them.)
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Show notes:
The Computer Audiophile website
DACs – digital-analog converters:
Digital-to-Analog Convertor, Wikipedia
Schiit Audio
Explanation of 44.1 kHz CD sampling rate
Kirk’s Macworld review of the Cambridge Audio DacMagic (it wasn’t ten years ago, as I thought, but just six years ago)
dCS Vivaldi
Behringer UCA202 Audio Interface
The Next Track, Episode 6: What is High-Resolution Music?
AudioQuest Dragonfly Red, AudioQuest Dragonfly Black
Kirk’s review of the Yamaha R-N 301 receiver
Meridian Explorer USB DAC
iFi Micro iDSD USB DAC and Headphone Amplifier
Schiit Modi 2 USB Digital/Analog Converter
Our next tracks:
Kirk: Bob Dylan: Time out of Mind
Doug: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: Streetcore
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Special Guest: Chris Connaker.
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35min

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