Hydrogenaudio Posts Latest posts from Hydrogenaudio http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:47 +0200 5 iTunes Match e redownloaded tracks, what about the quality?


This *usually* happens in cases where there are multiple masters of the album you uploaded and iTunes only has one.

The matched music you get is the same as that which they sell. It saves them from having to store tons of everyone's music files on their servers. The more they can match the better...presumably.

For me, it normally just matches everything. Especially so with newer music.

Edit: you can also ⌘-I on the song and look at the Summary tab. Under "Kind" it will say "Matched AAC audio file" if it is the matched audio file currently on your computer. You have to actually download the iTunes version first in this case. If it was not matched, or it was matched but you still have the original file, it will just describe the original file.]]> Engelsstaub Wed, 16 May 2012 16:29:41 +0200 b287beef96909d1840a6b25f82d9a7f61b5662a3 Violinists cannot differentiate between Stradivarius and new violins
QUOTE (knutinh @ May 16 2012, 06:09) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If it takes one year of practice to appreciate the qualities of one instrument, and learning a new one will "unlearn" the appreciation of the previous one, then what does this tell us about the instruments that expert players use and advocate?

It would mean that most people owning and loving a Stradivarius have little idea if that instrument is the right choice for them. It might be that some other instrument costing 1/10th is really "better", but if they invest the required year of burn-in, they would have to compare it to the 1-year old memory of how it used to feel like playing the Strad.


Do Stradivarius (or other high prestige violin) owners typically play just the one on a regular basis? For that matter, do the players generally own the instrument, or are they usually on loan from some patron/collector?
]]> DonP Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:24 +0200 2e9213e932023df02dc0ef87e0255a135f7d0052 converting aac to ogg or mp3
QUOTE (JFS @ May 16 2012, 09:15) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have some files in mp4 format containing aac format for audio. I retrieved the audio and saved it as a file. I can't play these on my mp3 player. the bitrate is about 125kb. Would I loose much quality of sound changing these into mp3 or ogg files.


http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=32440 might be of interest to you.]]> Porcus Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:19 +0200 baae2238ad53b718ff2c79855a3a5b0304d70734 Splitting audio signal degrades quality.. sometimes?
Splitting the signal to 2 headphones will show the amp both impedances in parallel, so it will see a 16 Ohms load (assuming they are 32 each). This probably overloads the amplifier, and adds more changes in frequency response due to both nonlinear impedances in parallel.]]> nevermind Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:39 +0200 5549adf594afc00af3f1785f71eabefbd0fedf97 CUETools versions 1.9.5 through 2.1.4 (current) https://plus.google.com/1044831631470493086...sts/8ifVBgVbkvJ
]]> Gregory S. Chudov Wed, 16 May 2012 08:31:01 +0200 71b9deb4277b8f35791cc05054e892ff55bea151 New Standard: USAC
QUOTE (IgorC @ Oct 13 2011, 21:30) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nice,

It will be great to see an implementation of it any time soon. A good implementation helps a lot for fast adoption of standard. As example, x264 plays important role in H.264 standard.


Are there any floating / fixed - point reference or commercial implementations for USAC? If so, can anyone point me the links?

]]> ksuman Wed, 16 May 2012 07:26:12 +0200 281e82ab14c0dcf6e28c0b7e425a5262ed713fcd How to extract dts from dts-wav
If I could extract the dts file from the dts-wav file that I have now, eac3to should convert them to FLAC or WAV which will allow me to edit these files.

I could not find any options in eac3to to force it to read beyond the header info to detect dts.

If anyone has been able to do this I would appreciate your approach.


note: please no replies asking "why do you want to edit these files?" I just do!]]> Penguin71 Wed, 16 May 2012 06:04:46 +0200 df7a4e6fe3a120d237d51b12aa839420aec57a6f Audio Channels number of sounds that the game will play simultaneously. That number is definitely (or at least I think so) not limited by your hardware (as long as you have the processing power).]]> Dario Tue, 15 May 2012 23:29:27 +0200 c2396017cf107c5703452da8668e675a0dad7646 <![CDATA[You do not have permission to view this board I'm unable to view a]]> Not sure what happened but logged in today and got:

The error returned was:
You do not have permission to view this board I'm unable to view anything.

Also my 1st post under this user is gone.
Did I do something to get banned?

Anyone to contact to see what happened?
Thanks
e]]> translux Tue, 15 May 2012 21:33:36 +0200 3792b66d66b5519ecaa70a3eefbb1a801058b7be iTunes Encodes vs. Amazon (Spectrograms)
QUOTE (menno @ Mar 12 2007, 16:13) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Given the cons of using these tools (read: iPod can't decode it properly) it is probably not a good idea to enable them.


So at least in 2007 Apple encoder didn't use PNS]]> lvqcl Tue, 15 May 2012 20:04:02 +0200 9ea9029edf73d00f48b59fa70122e4f4fe3e7cc7 mp3 playback order in car stereo (USB stick) libertyordeath1776 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:01:17 +0200 7026f076ad3237d6018de17a150fd1a560ca60ba Babyface vs USBpre2? (For preamp quality, etc)
With regards to the Mico, I don't really have any opinion. I very much doubt that it "blows the Babyface and USBPre 2 out of the water", though. If there's any kind of zenith for quality, the RME and USBPre 2 are likely to be exceptionally close to it, which leaves little room for others to improve in any kind of dramatic or even particularly meaningful way.]]> Ron Jones Tue, 15 May 2012 18:26:11 +0200 75584b51b71507c46f6543b30904202caec0b140 Free Audio Encoders that leave tags and file names intact?
Please review our Terms of Service. Number six is there for a reason. With this in mind I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the initial post to be complete enough in order to prevent people from having to guess at relevant information.]]> greynol Tue, 15 May 2012 18:22:30 +0200 7850f0760639c20eb4c0c7e068b4264614465a1a Should I convert all my audio to 256 AAC?
QUOTE (greynol @ May 14 2012, 22:06) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Could be irrelevant to this topic? No, try completely irrelevant to this topic.

FWIW, the test samples on that web page are fundamentally flawed, easily allowing for false positives depending on hardware and software configuration.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=93660



THNX rolleyes.gif]]> F17 Tue, 15 May 2012 17:30:54 +0200 76e1775f4ce4539ea5a2a4857556670a6834eaae How to reproduce the WMP12 EQ Rock preset to other players? "WinAmp 4Front EQ" & "ISO Standard Frequancy Bands".

I've did test listenings and it sounds identical or almost identical (I havent played it very loud though, so Im not sure if its 100% identical).

Anyone insterested can download the EQF file for Winamp here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ttc3ci


Update:
Im appologizing, the last band was a bit higher than it should, so heres updated EQF
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j3zq7h]]> zmejce Tue, 15 May 2012 16:33:07 +0200 902c1d3e7b5253ec7d212c48c6b21e5cb88b9a5f