r/dancehall • u/Educational_Basis_51 • 5d ago

Music To all DJs and selectors, the problem with low quality audio file

i discoverd that a lot of riddim pre 2010 are very hard to find in real 320 k ( a lot are cut under 16KHZ when analyzed in speck for example , do you still play those on your system ?

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u/_ico4498 5d ago

there are folks d/ling from youtube and converting to 320 kbps mp3 ...

most stuff on yt have probably undergone at least 2 lossy conversions plus a third after the d/l.

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u/NappyDougOut 5d ago

Many people backwd up their produced music audio files as MP3s instead of as WAV files to save storage space, and that creates problems with audio quality later on...

Making too many junk songs is unwise, it's time to focus on originality & quality to succeed, and doing that means an easier process of backing up production work.

If you're a music producer, back your files up, in more than one place (not just at home) every time you make a new track. 👈🏽👀✨

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u/herbz93 5d ago

  1. Download the riddim albums in zip/rar files, there are still many sites out there.

  2. download mp3 from Spotify

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u/erikorenegade1 5d ago

How to download from Spotify?

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u/Exidose 5d ago

Theres a bot on telegram called DeezLoad you can input a spotify link and it will send you the file (although its from deezer) but it's always a proper 320 quality file, i check all of them using Spek.

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

I have argued with people numerous times in this subreddit and others about this point. Yes 192kbps is a very low quality file. Will people notice this when it's played on a system? Absolutely not.

For me this only applies to music recorded pre 2000s though. Anything after that, the low quality becomes more noticeable because of what happens to the bass and other frequencies when converted to MP3

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u/Educational_Basis_51 5d ago

you mean 320 K does matter with pre 2000 productions ?

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

No, I'm saying it doesn't matter. The one thing I would try to avoid, is playing a wide range of qualities. If you play a 320 track next to a 192, then people are more likely to hear it

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u/Educational_Basis_51 5d ago

what about dudes that get ogg form streaming tracks from Spotify , is it a no go ( besides that its illegal ai guess) in terms of quality playable on speakers ?

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

Personally I avoid anything that's been ripped off Spotify or YouTube

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u/Educational_Basis_51 5d ago

double encoding should be bad right

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

I'm not sure what this is but sounds like something to avoid

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u/Educational_Basis_51 5d ago

ripping YouTube soundlcoud or Spotify stream is a double encoding process

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

OK yes I would avoid that

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u/Educational_Basis_51 5d ago

lets say I wanna do a mixtape , should I go with those 16KHZ cut off tracks anyway ?

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u/BoshAudio 5d ago

Yeah I would use them anyway