Re: [microsound] Last.fm sound quality?

[reSet Sakrecoer <sakrecoer@xxxxxxxxx>]

unless you don't have access to your own server, don't put files for
download there.... whatfor? i mean common... are your listener realy going
to have eveerything served prechopped on a silverplate? "What about some
resarche work dear audience?"

And remember you could never express yourself as well on a provided service
as with your own tools! :)

carpe diem,
reSet

On Jan 30, 2008 1:31 PM, Sietse Van Erve <sietse.van.erve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> yeah good point, but the downloads is still an question for me.
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 12:48 PM, reSet Sakrecoer <sakrecoer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > they reencode for the radio....
> > you wouldn't believe they were streaming those 320kbps raw files you
> > uploaded right?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2008 11:27 AM, Sietse Van Erve <sietse.van.erve@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hmm, i checked it now and it seems that indeed the files are in
> > > 128kbps. Probably I did encode them again.
> > > Just can't remember.
> > > But if you check the following tracks:
> > > http://www.last.fm/music/Orphax/_/On+Subducting+an+Island
> > >
> > >
> > >
> http://www.last.fm/music/Orphax/_/as+the+stone+falls+it+won%27t+come+up+again
> > >
> > > You hear that their is no problem with the sound. The mp3 and the file
> > > in the stream are the same.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Sietse
> > >
> > > On Jan 30, 2008 11:10 AM, Sergio Luque <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hi Sietse,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your reply!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 29, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Sietse Van Erve wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If you upload 192kbps or vbr alt-preset-standard mp3's it
> shouldn't
> > > > > give a problem.
> > > >
> > > > That would be really nice. Although I just tried it: I uploaded a
> 192
> > > > Kbps VPB MP3...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > They do not recompress the files at all. You upload the files and
> a
> > > > > few seconds later they are online.
> > > >
> > > > - the last.fm GUI told me that it had to "import" my file and that
> it
> > > > was going to take two minutes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > So if you make the mp3's yourself you have got full-control of the
> > > > > whole deal. Just check what you upload before.
> > > >
> > > > - the soundfile that appeared later ended up sounding really similar
> > > > (full of artifacts) to the previous one that I had already uploaded
> > > > as a WAV and that they compressed
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know if you have any other suggestions on how to
> > > > improve the quality of the uploads. FWIW, I haven't been able to
> find
> > > > _official_ information on the bit rate that they are using,  but
> I've
> > > > found this:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wired | All Major Labels to Stream Free Music on Last.fm (January
> 23,
> > > > 2008)
> > > >
> > > > "Stiksel then conducted an overview of the Last.fm site, which looks
> > > > much like it did before Wednesday's announcement, but with far more
> > > > licensed music from high-profile artists. He said that not only does
> > > > the site provide single-song, on-demand streaming (128 Kbps stereo
> > > > MP3), but also complete album streams three times on a "try before
> > > > you buy" basis."
> > > >
> > > > http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/01/liveblog-the-cb.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Last.fm | Wikipedia (January 30, 2008)
> > > >
> > > > "The radio stream uses an MP3 stream encoded at 128 kbit/s 44.1 kHz"
> > > >
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > last.fm | Forums > Feedback and Ideas > Compressed Music (January
> > > > 26-27, 2008)
> > > >
> > > > "And, for the record, there have been people complaining about 128
> > > > kbps being too much for their connections to handle, so yeah... "
> > > >
> > > > http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/372504
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I guess it sort of makes sense.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Groeten!,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sergio
> > > > http://www.sergioluque.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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