katakofka
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The favor of your response to this survey is requested
Dear oud lover
Here is a clip showing the sound of a fixed and a floating bridge ouds from Fadi Matta.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjMvHWPbLkQ
The recording was done with Zoom H4n with no effect
Are you able to tell which clip is the 6 course fixed bridge and which is the 7 course floating bridge ?
The second clip begin at 1min. Both are rosewood bowl and spruce top.
The photos do not necessarily correspond to the sound clip
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Sazi
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At a guess, I'd say the 2nd one is the floating bridge...
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bibo10
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second one is the floating bridge....i like the fixed bridge better
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Michael-GOD BLESS EGYPT
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David.B
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I join the general opinion with the 2nd one as the floating bridge...
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suz_i_dil
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I think also the second clip with the floater.
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David.B
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Why this question, can't you remember which oud you play ? 
For this kind of comparison you should use FLAC (thanks to Chris), better tan YouTube, Winamp can play it without decompression...
BTW, if the number 1 is the floating bridge we're gonna feel smart
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Franck
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Surely the second one is floating bridge
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Aymara
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Foobar2000 too ... the best audio player (and free)
Ogg Vorbis (at higher bit rates) is also a good codec ... many MP3 players are able to play it ... MP3 and the audio of videos sucks (no offence
intended), when sound characterisics are to be compared.
But Ogg Vorbis is an irreversible compression ... FLAC is lossless.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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paulO
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Uh..I have to go with my first guess -- which is: first one: Floating, second one: Fixed.
Oops...PaulO
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katakofka
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PaulO wins
Actually the photos in the video are for the oud played
I should mention that the fixed bridge has a smaller bowl and soundboard length as compared to the floating bridge oud ( which was my rosewood
floating bridge 7 course that I use often). However the fixed bridge has similar sound qualities as compared to the floating except that it has less
sound volume (on the recording it might not appear)
thanks guys for taking the time to listen and reply
All the best
Souheil
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David.B
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That was an ambush 
Foobar2000 : got it
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Alan
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Listened to the clip before scrolling down and since I have both a floating and fixed bridge, I was happy to have guessed correctly as did Paul. 
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paulO
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Whew....another lucky guess !
Cheers..PaulO
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