[infinitesymphony]

Just a minor observation that fellow Radiohead fans and Head-Fiers might appreciate. Those who ordered 'The King of Limbs' online now have access to two new b-sides, "Supercollider" and "The Butcher," both of which were released on vinyl last week. The interesting part is that the lossless digital versions are 24-bit WAV files. The volume difference was the tip-off. "Supercollider" is 24-bit/48 kHz and "The Butcher" is 24-bit/44.1 kHz.

 

[Heyyoudvd]

Is there any noticeable difference?

I ordered the MP3 version of the album, and when they initially released the two additional songs, they released them as 128 kbps mp3s before later replacing the files with 320kbps mp3s on the site.
 
I have both the 128 and 320 version and I honestly don't think I can tell the difference between them. The 320 doesn't sounds particularly good so I'm wondering if they merely upconverted from the lower bitrate.
 
 

 

[infinitesymphony]

Since I bought the lossless version, 24-bit WAV is the only format available to me. I'll compare them to the 16-bit/44.1 kHz mixes if they are ever released in a lossless format. Upconverting lossy music is pointless (as I'm sure you know) so I hope they didn't do that. It should be easy enough to verify by comparing similar time segments in Audacity using the frequency analysis tool. 128 kbps would be pretty rolled-off above 16 kHz or so.

 

[salannelson]

What's the best way to convert these to 16/44.1?

 

[infinitesymphony]

Sample rate conversion doesn't get much better than Voxengo r8brain, especially for free. http://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/
 
Check out the graphs here if you're interested in sample rate converter comparisons. Voxengo r8brain is listed under "r8brain." http://src.infinitewave.ca/
 
And if you're comfortable with the command line, SoX with the VHQ Minimum Phase setting may be slightly better. http://sox.sourceforge.net/

 

[salannelson]

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Sample rate conversion doesn't get much better than Voxengo r8brain, especially for free. http://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/
 
Check out the graphs here if you're interested in sample rate converter comparisons. Voxengo r8brain is listed under "r8brain." http://src.infinitewave.ca/
 
And if you're comfortable with the command line, SoX with the VHQ Minimum Phase setting may be slightly better. http://sox.sourceforge.net/

Thanks mate
 

 

[elrod-tom]

I can't find these tracks anywhere....link please?? 

 

[salannelson]

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I can't find these tracks anywhere....link please?? 

If you pre-ordered the newspaper edition you should have received an email...
 
From what I understand Radiohead is only giving out free downloads to people who pre-ordered.

 

[elrod-tom]

So if I ordered the King of Limbs Deluxe Flac Edition, I can't get them??  Bummer...

 

[salannelson]

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So if I ordered the King of Limbs Deluxe Flac Edition, I can't get them??  Bummer...

I'm not sure. Try logging into thekingoflimbs.com to see if the download is available. It might be.

 

[festivus528]

I didn't pre-order the album (bought the digital-only WAV version the day it came out) and I got an email telling me about the two other tracks.
 
It has a link to here where you enter the same email/password as before and they should both show up:
http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/OrderTracking/