On many occasions I have two or more copies of recordings. I remaster and post the best sounding version. If the mp3 source sounds best I go with that.
I let my ears be the judge on whatever music is proposed. And when both ears appreciate the sound quality, then I burn the music on CDr into wave format. But that's just for the fun of creating a CD with nice artwork. Greetings from Sunday morning in Paris, under a grey sky,
I have to say i really can´t tell of any notable difference in sound quality between MP3 (MPEG-3) and FLAC, but then again i have Tinnitus since childhood so i may be slightly impaired when judging. On the other hand (or ear...) it makes for me hearing the very highest frequencies exceptionally clear, for better or worse in everyday situations of noise pollution. When listening to music, it reveals the shortcomings of low bitrates in digital recordings but i´d say that i can´t tell much difference between 320k MP3 and a FLAC file at any rate. I read somewhere online a claim from some guy presumably with greater knowledge on the subject that the human ear and how the mind percieves sound really can´t tell the difference just by listening even though it shows clearly in graph. Seems reasonable to me as i have dabbled some with PA systems at a job i had some years back and sometimes done some heavy adjustments on audio rips from Youtube and such, often finding rather good mid level and bass frequencies that could be brought forward to make the sound richer. No advanced equipment, just a desktop PC with Windows XP thru 7 and for software mostly Audacity was used to knitpick any audial debris layered over old vinyl sound along with raising the levels. Oh, i´ve used some old DJ mixer software (can´t remember the name in an instant, perhaps just Studio, sorry, found it on a music magazine giveaway CD) to give it an edge. Time consuming of course, but well spent when there is no physical source to be found.
Grizz, you merely reminded me of this...it is not a personnal attack on you (just crossed my mind it could seem that way)
ReplyDeleteI'll take music in any format over no music at all
ReplyDeleteand no offence taken :P
On many occasions I have two or more copies of recordings. I remaster and post the best sounding version. If the mp3 source sounds best I go with that.
DeleteI let my ears be the judge on whatever music is proposed. And when both ears appreciate the sound quality, then I burn the music on CDr into wave format. But that's just for the fun of creating a CD with nice artwork.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Sunday morning in Paris, under a grey sky,
no discernible difference in mp3 and FLAC ...
ReplyDeleteI have to say i really can´t tell of any notable difference in sound quality between MP3 (MPEG-3) and FLAC, but then again i have Tinnitus since childhood so i may be slightly impaired when judging. On the other hand (or ear...) it makes for me hearing the very highest frequencies exceptionally clear, for better or worse in everyday situations of noise pollution. When listening to music, it reveals the shortcomings of low bitrates in digital recordings but i´d say that i can´t tell much difference between 320k MP3 and a FLAC file at any rate. I read somewhere online a claim from some guy presumably with greater knowledge on the subject that the human ear and how the mind percieves sound really can´t tell the difference just by listening even though it shows clearly in graph. Seems reasonable to me as i have dabbled some with PA systems at a job i had some years back and sometimes done some heavy adjustments on audio rips from Youtube and such, often finding rather good mid level and bass frequencies that could be brought forward to make the sound richer. No advanced equipment, just a desktop PC with Windows XP thru 7 and for software mostly Audacity was used to knitpick any audial debris layered over old vinyl sound along with raising the levels. Oh, i´ve used some old DJ mixer software (can´t remember the name in an instant, perhaps just Studio, sorry, found it on a music magazine giveaway CD) to give it an edge. Time consuming of course, but well spent when there is no physical source to be found.
ReplyDeletejust playing around with bass/treble can improve a recording...mp3 or FLAC
DeleteSee what you started cloth ears.
ReplyDeletei shall retreat to a nearby hummock and launch into a shuffle
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