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*High-quality MP3s (87 mb), encoded with LAME at V0, fully tagged.
*FLAC lossless (259 mb)
*FLAC high definition 24/96 (942 mb), better-than-CD-quality 24bit 96kHz audio
*M4A Apple Lossless (263 mb)
*High definition WAVE 24/96 (1.2 gb), better-than-CD-quality 24bit 96kHz audio
"we encourage you to remix it, share it with your friends, post it on your blog, play it on your podcast, give it to strangers, etc."
[[Multitracks]] for the songs were then posted for download from [[remix.nin.com]]
According to a [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/20818072/nin_release_free_album_online Rolling Stone article], the album was finished May 4th and sent to Sudjam, the company that manages nin.com, at 9:30 p.m. for a midnight release.
==Miscellanea==
The final page of the PDF gives credit to "(c) 2008 niin." This appears to be a typographical error.
Audiophile message board [http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php Hydrogen Audio ] noticed mastering errors on the 24/96 high-def WAVs, which was followed by posters "ningineer" and "treznor" claiming who wrote that they had recontacted the mastering studio and released the WAVs in addition to high-def FLACs.[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=63086]On May 15th the nin.com Halo 27 blog post was edited with the message: ''"Some friends at hydrogenaudio pointed out an error with the high resolution WAVE files we didn't catch. The corrected files are now posted along with high resolution FLAC files as well. If you're interested in these, simply re-download the new files. Sorry for the hassle!"''
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