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anyone know of any mixes in good quality (320kbps+)?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:49 pm
by slowlygoingdeaf
title says it all, it would be much appreciated.
problem i have with some mixes is you get radio static here and there, such as hatcha practice hours, or some other distortion (which is NOT meant to be there...!)
ive got a university connection so size is no thaaaang
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:02 pm
by dubway
lol
is there 320+ kbps mp3? i never saw it..
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:38 pm
by slowlygoingdeaf
definitely, it goes up to 1411kbps, which i think is cd quality, but it might be higher.
most rips are like 128kbps or 190 if youre lucky.
higher bit rate = the louder it can go without distortion, and a lot of frequencies are clipped off in lower quality mp3s.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:37 pm
by pompende
LAME certainly doesnt do more than 320 kibs...
i think what you want, man, is a piece of vinyl.
or pick up dubstep allstars 3 in march
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:02 am
by doomstep
a 320kbps radio rip will contain the radio statik still. chk rooted records online selection ...
Click here for mixes wot aren't recorded off Pirate radio ... for some cds ...
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:28 pm
by boa
the noise in practice hours is just well-loved dubplates grinding down a little further. all part of the aural experience IMHO.
from the ashes...
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:06 pm
by slowlygoingdeaf
yeah im listening to dubstep allstars 2 on cd and i can hear the sound of the dubplates, and the crack of vinyl play. just on practice hours it got out of hand for 5 minutes in the middle - i had to fast forward.
skreams rinse fm set on 14 march 2006 is in 541kbits
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:12 pm
by 4linehaiku
No it's not. It's 212kbps VBR (At least the one on Barefiles is). Where did you get 541kbps from?
MP3's don't go higher than 320, other formats like FLAC and WAV go higher.
I'm pretty sure the Excision mix on Barefiles is 320kbps, and there was a 320 version of Grievous Angel's Dubstep Sufferah 2 mix about too. So check them out.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:29 pm
by thc
i remember there was a Cyrus on Sub FM set that was 320 kbps just a little while back
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:35 pm
by scoz
the ridiculous bitrates will probably be windows explorer / windows media player's inability to workout vbr mp3s.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:33 pm
by deapoh
slowlygoingdeaf wrote:definitely, it goes up to 1411kbps, which i think is cd quality, but it might be higher.
most rips are like 128kbps or 190 if youre lucky.
higher bit rate = the louder it can go without distortion, and a lot of frequencies are clipped off in lower quality mp3s.
Your talking about wavs at 1411.. not mp3s. Take your mix, convert it to wav, make it loud.... simple answer really aint it?
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:36 pm
by deapoh
Also remember anyone can save as 128mp3, then later convert to 320 to appear better quality when in fact it aint.
What I'm trying to do with Barefiles is keep everything under 192, file size and so no pricks rip tracks out and mix them.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:09 pm
by seckle
Deapoh wrote:keep everything under 192, file size and so no pricks rip tracks out and mix them.
badman! regulate!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:29 pm
by pablex
does it has to be a WAV file?
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:00 am
by bunzer0
seckle wrote:Deapoh wrote:keep everything under 192, file size and so no pricks rip tracks out and mix them.
badman! regulate!!!
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:04 am
by permutated
Evil grime/dubstep mix at this topic here:
http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12944
And of course, it's a 320 for your pleasure.
Badman now yeah?
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:36 pm
by slowlygoingdeaf
4linehaiku wrote:No it's not. It's 212kbps VBR (At least the one on Barefiles is). Where did you get 541kbps from?
MP3's don't go higher than 320, other formats like FLAC and WAV go higher.
I'm pretty sure the Excision mix on Barefiles is 320kbps, and there was a 320 version of Grievous Angel's Dubstep Sufferah 2 mix about too. So check them out.
cant remember where i downloaded it from. it was either a direct link here or on barefiles.
if mp3s are encoded with LAME they cant go 320+, i think up to 640kbits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAME
thanks for the recommendations.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:39 pm
by slowlygoingdeaf
Deapoh wrote:Your talking about wavs at 1411.. not mp3s. Take your mix, convert it to wav, make it loud.... simple answer really aint it?
Also remember anyone can save as 128mp3, then later convert to 320 to appear better quality when in fact it aint.
my fault, youre right about me confusing wavs and mp3s. any mixes that are of a high bit rate, whether vbr, wav, mp3, whatever, would be welcome! but wouldnt converting it to wav and then playing it loud also distort like the original mp3?
true about your last point too.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:58 pm
by drift
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:18 pm
by 4linehaiku
slowlygoingdeaf wrote:any mixes that are of a high bit rate, whether vbr, wav, mp3, whatever, would be welcome! but wouldnt converting it to wav and then playing it loud also distort like the original mp3?
Yeah, the WAV would sound just as distorted etc. That's why transcoding stuff is completely retarded, especially to WAV. Anything off Rinse is transmitted at about 96kbps (around there anyway, there was a topic about it ages ago, you might find it with a cunning search), so there's no point getting really high quality MP3's of them.
Any mixes recorded straight to a computer then converted to a decent VBR should sound fine. If the quality still isn't good enough, that's what the Dubstep Allstars / Tectonic Plates / etc CD's are for.