I have received a few complaints about my seeds being ridden with FM hiss. Well, I believe mines are (mostly) great FM recordings, but in case you are all welcome to ask Lewojazz, unclewolfi, joerg, hamhen, boldsouls or others to upload their mp2 versions, or wait for the remastered version by jazzrita or anyone else. Anyhow, check samples before downloading. Or post your own version if you believe it's better... 

it has to be made clear that dimer boldsouls confirmed that every glitch, gap, skip or "hole" you might hear in the recording are also present in the satellite broadcast [this was the case for umbria 2008 recordings, from past year].

also, from dimer hamhen:
Hello, you mentioned in the torrent description that there were complaints about FM hiss - I can assure you that the digital broadcasts are sometimes hissy as well. I cannot tell if that is the case with this broadcast at this time (my satellite antenna is installed at my parent's house). But, for example, the Don Byron/ Uri Caine set from Luras, 2008-08-14, had quite an mount of background hiss in the digital broadcast version as well. This may be on the original masters, as we should consider that some of the concerts are not recorded under ideal studio conditions but in outdoor venues, for example.  
All in all, you should not worry about the complaints!


20-01-2010 
GREAT NEWS!!! after months of complaints, jazzrita finally admitted the following: 
after comparing your fm recording with my mp2 i have to tell you:
the flaw isn't your fm receiving but the hissy recording of the rai sound people! it is really crazy!



MONO disclaimer !!!!
2010-03-12 : with the help of dimer rillenheini, we recently found out that some or many or all of the RAI shows from Sant'Anna Arresi 2009 were probably recorded in mono, to be later broadcast as "stereo" (RAI are supposed to be recording and broadcast in full stereo) - I am not certain if this applies to this specific torrent too, I have no will or time to go and check every torrent one by one, but it might also be the case. Please consider that this is what was broadcast by RAI, if this is mono I believe there is no stereo version available, I have no specific confirmation but I have reason to think that also the satellite/cable broadcasts are exactly the same. Point is.... if you believe this is not good or satisfatory, don't hassle me but complain with RAI - I am just spreading this.




#4036949 by survivor69 at 2010-06-04 13:36:23 GMT  
 >But why did you make track splits for a seamless performance that fits on one CD, when you admit that you don't know where the different compositions start or stop?

because:
A) I don't like long tracks, seamless performances, uninterrupted soloing and so on... do you actually play an 80 mins CD without any interruption? trackmarks are useful if you have to go to the toilet or answering the phone...
B) "we are told it is instead three separate compositions, three proper tracks, fused together, one by each musician" - so that some of you should also provide us with some title... I only know Deep Purple, Raibow and Whitesnake, me, not Seamus Blake... 

anyhow, they play "seamless", you shouldn't notice any interruption when you play them (both as cd or as flacs), there is no gap between them, so you have no real grounds for "complaining", if you hear any gaps it means your mediaplayer or your burning software are not set-up properly