Classical Live is changing its tune

[Roger Webb]

And listening only through Sounds wouldn't bother me if I could actually do it!

What equipment have you? I might be able to help as I've tried many methods over the period since BBC stopped its Shoutcast route.

[oddoneout]

What equipment have you? I might be able to help as I've tried many methods over the period since BBC stopped its Shoutcast route.

I don't have equipment as such, just the PC. After overcoming the initial battle to register for Sounds what I've ended up with is evidence(if I press my ear up against the PC) that the sound is there but no way of getting it to audible levels - the volume control I use when needed(default is off) has no effect, and headphones are similarly ineffective. Son, who gave me the PC lump in the first place, is puzzled. It might be a Beeb "we do not support X Y Z software" issue, as I'm using Windows 7, but it's odd that I can listen to All of Bach, BR-Klassik and now YLE* - and in fact have had to turn the volume down on the latter...

* thank you for the list btw, it saved me having to trawl through old posts to find what others had mentioned/recommended. I've written out the list and put it up on the noticeboard above my desk, and will work my way through it.

[Roger Webb]

I don't have equipment as such, just the PC. After overcoming the initial battle to register for Sounds what I've ended up with is evidence(if I press my ear up against the PC) that the sound is there but no way of getting it to audible levels - the volume control I use when needed(default is off) has no effect, and headphones are similarly ineffective. Son, who gave me the PC lump in the first place, is puzzled. It might be a Beeb "we do not support X Y Z software" issue, as I'm using Windows 7, but it's odd that I can listen to All of Bach, BR-Klassik and now YLE* - and in fact have had to turn the volume down on the latter...

* thank you for the list btw, it saved me having to trawl through old posts to find what others had mentioned/recommended. I've written out the list and put it up on the noticeboard above my desk, and will work my way through it.

BBC streams (including Sounds) are quieter than just about anything....and Radio 3 the 'quietest' of all the BBC stations (with the possible exception of 'Unwind'!!), but they do broadcast a high dynamic range which tends to make the 'average' level seem lower than others.

The other stations I mentioned have websites that you can just just access on your PC like BR- Klassik. My German is poor - although I spent a year working there.....my Finnish non-existent, but I like the no-nonsense intros - a relief from the mindless gushing in other parts!

[Master Jacques]

[...] Eventyr, which contains a surprise that I don't think any other composer has used. (Let's not spoil it for those who haven't heard it!) [...]

Except to say that, if you're looking for another composer who uses that surprise, let's not forget Great Albert (Ketèlbey), who asks for exactly this effect in at least two of his tone poems, In a Persian Market and 'Appy 'Ampstead. In Eventyr it certainly makes the hairs stand on the back of the neck through, as we're in spooky troll territory.