Ogg is a container, not a codec. You can put Flac in an Ogg container, just like you can put PCM/AC3, etc in an MPEG2 container. Vorbis is a codec.

Sorry, that just always annoys me :)

I'm not sure how the codecs actually encode, but I suspect that at the lower bitrate, you're getting digital distortion (very unpleasant) in addition to the analog distortion.

Most modern tape equipment has pretty much little to no track bleed/crosstalk (if properly maintained). There are way more variables that affect a tape that don't exist in the digital realm (speed, bias, tape material, wow and flutter, etc).

I think you're thinking of tape saturation, which is something entirely different.

I'm curious about this statement.

I have an iMac which came with Tiger, have Leopard, just never installed it (so I have a valid Leopard license). Does this mean to get iLife and iWork I need to go to Leopard, then to Snow Leopard?

Twitter/Facebook down, recession declared over.

Coincidence? I think not...

You might have to go to the Pure Data solution anyway as Cycling '74 is discontinuing Max/MSP

Coke, perhaps?

I've done 36 hours on, 4 off for a week when I was way younger (this was during internet time, and without drugs). It's the reason I left IT.

But I've known cokeheads who can do 3-4 days easy.

I don't disagree with your sentiment, just pointing out a factual error. S/PDIF (which stands for Sony/Phillips Digital Interconnect Format), most assuredly does contain drm

AES/EBU, the open standard you're thinking of (of which S/PDIF is a subset) does not.

That's a pretty good description of ducking. Although since the OP wanted to entirely mute the audio, s/he'd be better off using a limiter or a gate.

A limiter is a compressor with more than 20:1 reduction. A gate is (sort of) a compressor with an infinity:1 ratio.

And, if you didn't want to pay for a compressor/limiter/gate, you could probably figure out a way to get Ardour to do it.

But muting the speakers is probably the easiest way.