T.I. - Whatever You Like [mp3@320kbps] - 2008
Elis Riebow
I'm trying to convert a bunch of CBR 320 Kbps Mp3 to VBR 0 (max quality), using lame command in bash. However, it seems like lame can't overwrite existing files. It would be much faster that way, as I could use wildcards to do it on an unique, short terminal command, plus I wouldn't have to delete the old files and rename the new.
Plus the cost of tidal is pretty high here. I could buy 1-2 brand new CDs every month for what tidal cost or a lot of used CDs. Which is something I personally rather would do, since I don't really listen to a lot of new music. Even if I find 10 new songs I like in a single month, then it is cheaper for me to buy those 10 individual songs on 7digital.
Well I am used to 1000kbps or higher with a good master, plus with the gear I have now, then it is pretty easy for me to tell if it's a 320 file or one of my flac files.
Tidal master's are weird at times. Sometimes they will try and push this MQA upon you, which is like a middle ground between 320 and like a normal flac 16/44.1 with a bit rate of about 1000kbps. I don't know why but MQA gives some songs a very different tone at times, almost like the pitch changes.
If you don't have MQA gear then with some songs you can hear a difference between CD and tidal, but IMO less obvious than MQA and CD. First time I noticed it was with some Volbeat songs a long time ago now, where the guitar sounded a bit different when listening to tidal vs the CD or CD rip. I personally tend to prefer the CD and CD rip over tidals song, at least with the ones where I have noticed a difference.
Plus the cost of tidal is pretty high here. I could buy 1-2 brand new CDs every month for what tidal cost or a lot of used CDs. Which is something I personally rather would do, since I don't really listen to a lot of new music. Even if I find 10 new songs I like in a single month, then it is cheaper for me to buy those 10 individual songs on 7digital.
It seems to be any WAV file.
Ones from Audacity, my Zoom H2N, my Zoom H6 ... It just doesnt work and they all end up sounding like the video I posted above.
Now using a work around of converting everything to FLAC just to get it to work :(
This is pretty much spot on for what Im experiencing - I have a copy of Vegas 11 still here so I am thinking about installing it along side 17 if that wont cause an issue or conflict and see how it goes on this system.
Its the same audio interface I was using on my old PC so even that worked flawlessly for over 3 years so cant point the finger there - and like above if I convert the WAVs to MP3 or FLAC and replace them on the timeline everything works 100%