HTML list, and other stuff

I can see the advantage of separate list for audio and stuff. It would mean
if I go back to subscribing from my Psion 3a, I can ignore it.

I don't think use of things like italicization is a good reason to use HTML,
though. Plain text subscribers shouldn't be denied messages because the
authors decide to use some italics. Now, XML, there's an idea: standard
formats for staff notation and mathematical equations.

I still expect I'd be more likely to put another page on my website than
spend time formatting an HTML page and recording sound examples for a
mailing list. A lot more people will be able to view the web page for a
start. But then, I have a permanent connection at work, so I don't have to
dial up for FTP. As for the Usenet, well, I don't have time for that!

Two reasons why a mailing list might have more bandwidth problems than web
pages:

1) When you're ISP gets the e-mail, it sits around on their server until you
delete it. A few large messages and you can eat into their disk space. A
website only takes up disk space on the server that hosts it (and any that
cache it).

2) The chances are, most people aren't going to listen to all the examples.
From a web page, you only have to download the links you click on. And
before you do, you can think "Do I really want to download a 5 minute Real
Audio feed?"

But it might work.

MPEG-3 is better than .wav: the files should be smaller, and it's
standardised enough.

Now, pitch bends: Usually the standard range is called "2 semitones"
although it covers 4 semitones. This became a standard with General MIDI.
All soundcards I've come across have a 2 semitone range on power up.
Presumably, they must have to be Sound Blaster or GM compatible. There are
also RPNs with GM for changing the pitch bend range. These are not so
widely implemented.

Finally, I've added stuff on temperaments to my website :
http://www.cix.co.uk/~gbreed/meantone.htm and so on.

> Now, XML, there's an idea: standard
> formats for staff notation and mathematical equations.

I've never heard of XML. What's it all about?.
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> As for the Usenet, well, I don't have time for that!

Huh? Why exactly do you perceive reading newsgroups as any more
time-consuming than reading Email?.
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> 1) When you're ISP gets the e-mail, it sits around on their server until you
> delete it. A few large messages and you can eat into their disk space. A
> website only takes up disk space on the server that hosts it (and any that
> cache it).

Apparently I'm missing something here. Either takes up space on a server,
so what's the difference, other than the fact that Email gets automatically
deleted thereby ensuring that it takes space for a shorter time?.
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> And
> before you do, you can think "Do I really want to download a 5 minute Real
> Audio feed?"

I wasn't envisioning 5-minute recordings on this supplemental list, although
I suppose people could do that. I was envisioning more like:

Blahblahblah 5:4, blahblahblah 81:64. For comparison, here's that passage
using a 5:4 <3-second audio file>, and here's that same passage using 81:64
<3-second audio file>.