This isn't really what you said in your post, though. Still covers a lot of audio spectrum, but doesn't sound so good.ĮDIT: YouTube uses Opus 251 codec which is VBR up to 160 kbps, and SoundCloud initially used 64 kbps OPUS which is much lower quality. I don't know if they've changed their encoder. This is especially true for SoundCloud audio nowadays, which I think is probably at an even lower OPUS bitrate last time I checked. My feeling is that lossy OPUS conversions probably take away information within the audio itself, so it's not the best fidelity. I would say that OPUS YouTube rips are higher quality than AAC rips, but I'm not sure how much confidence I would have in playing OPUS rips converted to lossless or high quality lossy (e.g. The 20k spectrum cutoff is most likely because MediaHuman downloaded the OPUS audio instead of the AAC audio which most other YouTube downloaders access, then converted the audio to 320 kbps MP3.įrom what I've seen, OPUS audio spectrum from YouTube rips goes up to at least 20k, while AAC audio spectrum from YouTube rips goes up to 15.5-16 kHz. The lost of fidelity will be less pronounce depend on the type of vocals you are using: high pitch voices like Kate Bush will not be good. However, I think you could use this for ripping voices or acapella as samples to use in a DJ set. Buy the tracks, support the artists which makes your set possible. But IMO if you're getting paid to play in a club. If the sound installation in the venue sounds like shit, I guess you could get away with it. I think this is bad, as it makes identifying legit 320 kbps MP3 much harder with tools like spek and Fakin the Funk. The MediaHuman rips do sound around same loudness, but it certain lacks the fidelity and warmth in the music which the lossless version had. I also did a quick listening test between the MediaHuman rip with a AIFF from BeatPort. The MediaHuman version sounds surprisingly well (read: louder), noticeable improvement over the 4K rip.īut the BeatPort version has audible more fidelity in the high frequency sounds. Well the 4K downloaded rip sounds by far the worst. It certainly looks like as if in the higher frequencies the fidelity are not present in the YT rips compared to the legit BeatPort MP3. If you compare the 2 YouTube rips, there are some similarity to the way the frequencies peaks in the spectrum analysis. It seems there is something going on with the MediaHuman downloaded version to boost the frequency to 20 kHz. Then loaded them all in spek and took screenshots of each of them. Interesting, never heard of MediaHuman before.įor a quick test run I just downloaded a track I already bought MP3 from Beatport to compared it to MP3 downloaded from YouTube with MediaHuman and 4K downloader. If you're interested in streaming radio or playing some live sets, check out Reddit's own EMP Radio! Weekly Mix Feedback Thread - /r/beatmatch FAQ Looking to hook up with other DJs in your area? Submit your info here:įor IRC users, check out the following channels on freenode IRC: If you know of any more that belong over here, please let us know! User Directory You can probably find that track for purchase at one of the following sites: If you play a track live, please support the artist that spent countless hours producing that track. r/Soundsystem has a wiki that goes over how Sound Systems workįeel free to contribute to this list! Related Subreddits TONS of "learning to DJ" related videos!ĭigital DJ Tips posts a review for EVERY controller Omers on taking Gigs outside of your Normal GenresĮllaskins youtube channel. If someone asks you for your page, that's cool, but unsolicited linking will get your post removed. Support the artists who make the music and software you use.Ībsolutely no self-promotion on other people's posts. There are better places for buying/selling gear. If you're posting a mix you MUST post it to the weekly mix thread. Please only post your mixes to the weekly mix thread!.
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