The Waterfall: Digital Trends / The Audiophile

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"On their new album The Waterfall, My Morning Jacket experimented with a number of different recording techniques to craft a different vocal treatment for every song, including Jim James' signature "fish tanking" technique."

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http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/my-morning-jacket-jim-james-on-the-waterfall/

[Jamfish]

Thanks for sharing, good read! 

[buymycar]

Very cool article. One of the things I've noticed in my listens of The Waterfall is Jim's vocals. They sound phenomenal and unlike anything he's ever done before, so it's good to know he's keeping stuff like that in mind while recording. The "fish tanking" process is fascinating.

[CHIMMJFAN]

Great read! Thanks for posting, interesting to hear some of the audio recording details. Maybe one day they will raffle off a Roll Call sit in the studio for a day prize!!!

CHIMMJFAN

[justbcuzido]

Great read! Thanks for posting, interesting to hear some of the audio recording details. Maybe one day they will raffle off a Roll Call sit in the studio for a day prize!!!

CHIMMJFAN

That would be amazing. My favorite thing is reading about how they put their songs together.. Really for any band.

[Santo]

Great article. Like others have mentioned, I find the "behind the curtain" tidbits.

I apologize in advance for the nitpickery, but I'm also fascinated with the high-res music debate. In this article Jim answers this question:

I'm a staunch high-res guy and I'll only listen to 96/24 mixes at this point, if I can help it. Especially with the kind of layered detail on a record like this, you'd do yourself a disservice by listening to it on MP3s. Do you agree with that?

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"I do! The whole problem is, I wish we could convince the rest of the world of that..."

He is obviously is a Pono supporter, but in a Spin magazine article, he also cautioned "I've already bought Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' a lot of times. Do I have to buy it again?" when discussing Pono.

I'm a fan of physical media and I purchased both the signed CD and the vinyl. As far as I know, neither comes with the High-res download. Including it would solve both issues Jim brought up.

[buymycar]

That Ghost In The MP3 thing is eerie as hell. If it's legitimate, it really shows that you're missing a lot when you do lossy audio compression. I'll keep on beating this dead horse, but there really is no need for lossy compression anymore. It's a relic of an era of limited storage and bandwidth.

[Woldie]

Anyone download the version of The Waterfall that is offered via the Pono store?

[Woldie]

Anyone download the version of The Waterfall that is offered via the Pono store?

I downloaded it the day it came out!
This is part of my post (just two posts above yours) "I forgot to say I went ahead and purchased the Deluxe Edition of The Waterfall in 96/24 from the Pono Music Store the day it came out for $17.99. I'll be OK until my Deluxe Box Set (with the puzzle damn it!) makes it to me. High-Resolution will save the day!"
https://www.ponomusic.com/ccrz__CCPage?pageKey=product&oId=of%3A1cdccadca57b4a0f8aed340605fcdc2b&type=Album&artistId=of%3Ab16d96be7cf04d6f87c99a95e5d98fe3

Apologies!  I somehow missed that part of your post.  Thoughts on the Pono version?

[buymycar]

Anyone download the version of The Waterfall that is offered via the Pono store?

I downloaded it the day it came out!
This is part of my post (just two posts above yours) "I forgot to say I went ahead and purchased the Deluxe Edition of The Waterfall in 96/24 from the Pono Music Store the day it came out for $17.99. I'll be OK until my Deluxe Box Set (with the puzzle damn it!) makes it to me. High-Resolution will save the day!"
https://www.ponomusic.com/ccrz__CCPage?pageKey=product&oId=of%3A1cdccadca57b4a0f8aed340605fcdc2b&type=Album&artistId=of%3Ab16d96be7cf04d6f87c99a95e5d98fe3

Apologies!  I somehow missed that part of your post.  Thoughts on the Pono version?

I got the HDTracks version, and it sounds great to these ears. However, the dynamic range numbers indicate that there's really not much difference between it and the CD version. The real difference comes from the vinyl vs. digital versions. They are still mastering the vinyl to have a better dynamic range than the digital formats. Which I really do not understand, because the digital formats can certainly handle a better dynamic range.