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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 7 2012, 21:48
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I read through that thread and actually wanted to apologize to you for some of the idiotic BS that was fired back at you. You posted some very interesting and enlightening material.
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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 greynol The idea that people responsible for producing mus... Mar 4 2012, 01:47 C.R.Helmrich QUOTE (greynol @ Mar 4 2012, 02:47) The i... Mar 6 2012, 21:12 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 mudlord QUOTE (C.R.Helmrich @ Mar 6 2012, 15:12) ... Mar 7 2012, 14:01 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 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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