Apple iTunes - Mastered for iTunes |
Apple iTunes - Mastered for iTunes |
 Feb 22 2012, 18:22
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Mastered for iTunes: Rolling out on a worldwide basis, Apple is now featuring songs and albums that have been specifically mastered for the iTunes Store to provide the best sound quality for the format.
More info http://www.apple.com/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/ An interesting read http://images.apple.com/itunes/mastered-fo..._for_itunes.pdf Your thoughts? This post has been edited by RobertoDomenico: Feb 22 2012, 18:24 |
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Mar 4 2012, 01:47
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The idea that people responsible for producing music think they need to pre-color masters so that high-bitrate lossy encodes sound more like CDs of the non-pre-colored masters is scary.
Having these people perform simple ABX tests would go a long way in bringing this latest round of insanity to an end. -------------------- Everything sounds the same until it is proven otherwise.
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Mar 6 2012, 21:12
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QUOTE (greynol @ Mar 4 2012, 02:47)  The idea that people responsible for producing music think they need to pre-color masters so that high-bitrate lossy encodes sound more like CDs of the non-pre-colored masters is scary. Having these people perform simple ABX tests would go a long way in bringing this latest round of insanity to an end. That's what I thought... until a colleague of mine told me that he made some pro-audio guys ABX a file and its lossless encoding. As expected, they got like 5 out of 10 on average. My colleague: "Doesn't this show that the lossless encoding is indistinguishable from the original?" They: "Not really, because..." Some of these people brought you award-winning audio productions!  Chris P.S.: I'd buy music online if it were 44.1/16 lossless. Preferably HD-AAC 
This post has been edited by C.R.Helmrich: Mar 6 2012, 21:21 -------------------- If I don't reply to your reply, it means I agree with you.
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Mar 7 2012, 14:01
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QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 6 2012, 15:12) P.S.: I'd buy music online if it were 44.1/16 lossless. Preferably HD-AAC Corporate shill. >_> |
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RobertoDomenico Apple iTunes - Mastered for iTunes Feb 22 2012, 18:22
DVDdoug I don't see anything too bad there. The goo... Feb 22 2012, 19:15 Ron Jones I'm not sure why they refer to 24/96 as the id... Feb 22 2012, 19:34 DVDdoug QUOTE I'm not sure why they refer to 24/96 as ... Feb 22 2012, 20:06 andy o This is from the pdf:
QUOTE To take best advantage... Feb 22 2012, 21:44 db1989 I assumed they’re trying to push the ‘AAC has no i... Feb 22 2012, 21:50 skamp ^ Apparently the Nero AAC encoder takes 24bit/96kH... Feb 22 2012, 22:04 punkrockdude I have tried out a couple of encoders how they han... Feb 22 2012, 22:14
C.R.Helmrich QUOTE (punkrockdude @ Feb 22 2012, 23:14)... Feb 22 2012, 22:50 punkrockdude QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Feb 22 2012, 22:50)... Feb 22 2012, 23:11 andy o QUOTE (db1989 @ Feb 22 2012, 12:50) I ass... Feb 22 2012, 22:22 andy o personally, when they stop beating around the bush... Feb 22 2012, 23:37 mixminus1 I had to read through the PDF a couple times to ma... Feb 22 2012, 23:56 db1989 QUOTE (mixminus1 @ Feb 22 2012, 22:56) […... Feb 23 2012, 00:08 punkrockdude Winamp didn't want to work for me under WINE b... Feb 23 2012, 00:25 punkrockdude Helmrich:
Well the issue with the sound being lou... Feb 23 2012, 01:35 C.R.Helmrich QUOTE (punkrockdude @ Feb 23 2012, 02:35)... Feb 23 2012, 20:57 punkrockdude QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Feb 23 2012, 20:57)... Feb 23 2012, 22:43 googlebot You are experiencing another episode of Apple... Feb 24 2012, 13:28 RobertoDomenico Doesn't look like we'll be seeing ALAC now... Feb 23 2012, 07:05 icstm From the pdf: QUOTE Movies, for
example, have very... Feb 23 2012, 11:20 Brand I think movies have standards for both audio and v... Feb 23 2012, 12:09 ozmosis82 Did anyone else notice how the PDF also mentioned ... Feb 23 2012, 20:01 Notat QUOTE (ozmosis82 @ Feb 23 2012, 12:01) Di... Feb 25 2012, 01:30 IgorC About AAC and 24/96
http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/... Feb 23 2012, 21:17 JunkieXL True, but it is still a selling point for their pr... Feb 23 2012, 22:03 Kujibo This was a bit of a frustrating read:
http://arst... Feb 23 2012, 23:07 Notat QUOTE (Kujibo @ Feb 23 2012, 15:07) I do ... Feb 25 2012, 01:41 greynol QUOTE (Notat @ Feb 24 2012, 16:41) The qu... Feb 25 2012, 02:26 mixminus1 At least the prices are (currently staying) the sa... Feb 23 2012, 23:24 RobertoDomenico Having bought an album i honestly can't hear a... Feb 24 2012, 02:19 RobertoDomenico I can't see Apple offering lossless anytime so... Feb 24 2012, 14:58 tuffy QUOTE (RobertoDomenico @ Feb 24 2012, 07... Feb 24 2012, 17:21 Ron Jones QUOTE (tuffy @ Feb 24 2012, 09:21) Or, Ap... Feb 25 2012, 03:19 andy o They would have to be crazy to stop offering lossy... Feb 24 2012, 17:16 kornchild2002 QUOTE (andy o @ Feb 24 2012, 09:16) ... Feb 26 2012, 14:58 andy o QUOTE (kornchild2002 @ Feb 26 2012, 05:58... Feb 27 2012, 03:34 mixminus1 I definitely don't see lossless happening in t... Feb 24 2012, 17:39 greynol Unless Apple has determined that they will continu... Feb 24 2012, 20:26 Carledwards QUOTE (greynol @ Feb 24 2012, 11:26) Unle... Feb 24 2012, 21:26 googlebot I don't see how continuing to serve the mobile... Feb 25 2012, 01:01 greynol QUOTE (googlebot @ Feb 24 2012, 16:01) I ... Feb 25 2012, 02:14 RobertoDomenico Why are my songs taking extra long to download? Wh... Feb 25 2012, 03:43 andy o QUOTE (RobertoDomenico @ Feb 24 2012, 18... Feb 25 2012, 09:13 SHiV In principle encoding from a better source produce... Feb 25 2012, 13:52 RobertoDomenico I have not done any ABX tests but with the one alb... Feb 25 2012, 14:16 SHiV Well.. I think generally speaking ABX is always re... Feb 25 2012, 23:21 cyberdux QUOTE (SHiV @ Feb 26 2012, 08:21) Well.. ... Feb 26 2012, 01:25 greynol QUOTE (cyberdux @ Feb 25 2012, 16:25) Hav... Feb 27 2012, 03:19 cyberdux QUOTE (greynol @ Feb 27 2012, 12:19) QUOT... Feb 27 2012, 05:26 MichaelW I guess the good sign is that Apple thinks there... Feb 26 2012, 21:58 christopher From a label and content provider standpoint, this... Feb 27 2012, 03:04 greynol From the paper, it seems that Apple is only pushin... Feb 27 2012, 05:58 zipr According to this, there may not be any difference... Feb 28 2012, 19:48 smok3 basically what I think is important (especially fo... Feb 28 2012, 21:47 Canar I have but one thing to add to this thread:
... Feb 29 2012, 00:11 greynol It does give the impression of SACD all over again... Feb 29 2012, 00:20 skamp Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Adventures of Rain Danc... Feb 29 2012, 00:41 bug80 QUOTE (skamp @ Feb 29 2012, 00:41) Red Ho... Feb 29 2012, 12:47 skamp QUOTE (christopher @ Feb 29 2012, 12:47) ... Feb 29 2012, 13:20 Hengest Was looking through a recent 'Mastered for iTu... Feb 29 2012, 14:34 db1989 QUOTE (Andy Vandette)You can't get around it—w... Feb 29 2012, 15:01 Hengest ^True. Though he does at least speak-out against m... Feb 29 2012, 15:17 db1989 Split: Apple developing new format for “high defin... Mar 2 2012, 17:59 Notat Ian Shepherd claims that Mastered for iTunes is do... Mar 4 2012, 00:17 googlebot QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 6 2012, 21:12) ... Mar 6 2012, 22:02 Ron Jones QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 6 2012, 13:12) ... Mar 6 2012, 22:56 C.R.Helmrich That's your opinion. To me it's just refle... Mar 7 2012, 21:35 mudlord QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 7 2012, 14:35) ... Mar 8 2012, 08:54 C.R.Helmrich QUOTE (mudlord @ Mar 8 2012, 09:54) but I... Mar 8 2012, 21:42 Woodinville QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 8 2012, 12:42) ... Mar 9 2012, 01:05 Kees de Visser QUOTE (Woodinville @ Mar 9 2012, 02:05) Q... Mar 9 2012, 10:28 skamp QUOTE (Kees de Visser @ Mar 9 2012, 10:28... Mar 9 2012, 11:34 Ron Jones QUOTE (Kees de Visser @ Mar 9 2012, 02:28... Mar 9 2012, 19:28 nu774 QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 9 2012, 05:42) ... Mar 9 2012, 05:11 Woodinville QUOTE (nu774 @ Mar 8 2012, 20:11) QUOTE (... Mar 9 2012, 05:40 db1989 If MPEG-4 SLS had separate lossy and lossless corr... Mar 9 2012, 09:10 Wombat As customer i feel a bit confused by all this mark... Mar 4 2012, 02:17 krabapple Interesting thread about this on gearslutz...and n... Mar 6 2012, 18:06 lvqcl QUOTE (j_j)I'll post a couple of wav files to ... Mar 6 2012, 20:56 Woodinville Y'all might also want to read the same titled ... Mar 7 2012, 21:39 JunkieXL I read through that thread and actually wanted to ... Mar 7 2012, 21:48 Woodinville QUOTE (JunkieXL @ Mar 7 2012, 12:48) I re... Mar 8 2012, 01:43 nu774 MPEG-4 SLS seems interesting for video. It can be ... Mar 8 2012, 09:33 nu774 .oO( Hmm, now is the chance to make some nasty noi... Mar 9 2012, 08:54 |
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