Comments for mikevee.com http://mikevee.com Mike Vee is Currenty hosting the Area54 radio show. It's the number one chill radio program on commercial radio in the US. Check it out every night in Portland, OR on 94/7fm. Also in the Columbia Gorge on K105 every Saturday night and on Wild 105.5 in Maui, Hawaii every Friday night. Mahalo. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality by Fraser http://mikevee.com/aac-cant-compete-with-wav-or-mp3-in-sound-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-4087 Fraser Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:05 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=12#comment-4087 Wow, quite a lot of ill informed information posted on here. Lossy compression does NOT effect the dynamic range of a recording! Dynamic compression and lossy compression are 2 completely different things. Dynamic compression occurs in the studio when the person mastering the audio wants to make the track louder, he/she does so by reducing the differences between the quiet sounds and the louder sounds, which then allows him/her to increase the overall volume of the track without causing any digital clipping. Lossy compression on the other hand looks at individual frames of the track and using a set of rules (an algorithm) does it best to remove sounds that it does not expect the human ear to hear because they're being masked by other sounds. Both Mp3 (LAME) and AAC do a spectacular job of this. Anybody that tells you that they can spot an obvious difference between a well encoded lossy file and a lossless file because the dynamic range has been altered, is talking absolute nonsense. Wow, quite a lot of ill informed information posted on here.

Lossy compression does NOT effect the dynamic range of a recording! Dynamic compression and lossy compression are 2 completely different things. Dynamic compression occurs in the studio when the person mastering the audio wants to make the track louder, he/she does so by reducing the differences between the quiet sounds and the louder sounds, which then allows him/her to increase the overall volume of the track without causing any digital clipping.

Lossy compression on the other hand looks at individual frames of the track and using a set of rules (an algorithm) does it best to remove sounds that it does not expect the human ear to hear because they’re being masked by other sounds.

Both Mp3 (LAME) and AAC do a spectacular job of this.

Anybody that tells you that they can spot an obvious difference between a well encoded lossy file and a lossless file because the dynamic range has been altered, is talking absolute nonsense.

]]> Comment on AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality by Sergio García http://mikevee.com/aac-cant-compete-with-wav-or-mp3-in-sound-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-4059 Sergio García Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:42:12 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=12#comment-4059 I first prefer wav or flac or alac, then I prefer aac vs mp3 (I enjoy a 160 vbr aac and a 320 mp3 equally) If space is not a problem, wav. If you go portable and have tons of tracks, go aac. And one very important thing: music of iTunes store is NOT the same quality as you'd get compressing the real cd at the bitrate the store uses by yourself. Try it please and don't say aac sounds bad but music from the store sounds bad (imho) I first prefer wav or flac or alac, then I prefer aac vs mp3 (I enjoy a 160 vbr aac and a 320 mp3 equally) If space is not a problem, wav. If you go portable and have tons of tracks, go aac. And one very important thing: music of iTunes store is NOT the same quality as you’d get compressing the real cd at the bitrate the store uses by yourself. Try it please and don’t say aac sounds bad but music from the store sounds bad (imho)

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by lol http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4058 lol Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:50:12 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4058 i'll post this 30 other places without listing a source, just to shit on you. i’ll post this 30 other places without listing a source, just to shit on you.

]]> Comment on AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality by Nick http://mikevee.com/aac-cant-compete-with-wav-or-mp3-in-sound-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-4057 Nick Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:54:41 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=12#comment-4057 So you can spend a couple of extra dollars and get a studio cd that obvious its going to be better its a studio press, that's like arguing if a tape recording off a turntable is as good as the studio LP. What I'm wondering is if the music it's self doesn't have much dynamic range, does it matter so much to download an acc iTune album? Would a garage band with noise anyway loose as much quality as to a symphony that is void of white noise on acc or mp3? Not because one is better in quality I just mean the amount of noise and diffrent pitches. Myself if I really like the artist I always get the CD, sometimes I download from iTunes and I listen on decent equipment and I notice but I still ENJOY the music. I hate the people that get the most crappy bit rate to cram songs but at higher rates it's not so bad it's like record to tape recordings. Truth is you can usually order the real CD cheaper used, and sometimes new than you can from iTunes anyway. And yes most people are dumbells that couldn't give two turds if their music has quality sound as long as they can bob their heads to Justin Beiber and Lady Ga Ga who don't have a sound to REALLY listen to anyway. So you can spend a couple of extra dollars and get a studio cd that obvious its going to be better its a studio press, that’s like arguing if a tape recording off a turntable is as good as the studio LP. What I’m wondering is if the music it’s self doesn’t have much dynamic range, does it matter so much to download an acc iTune album? Would a garage band with noise anyway loose as much quality as to a symphony that is void of white noise on acc or mp3? Not because one is better in quality I just mean the amount of noise and diffrent pitches. Myself if I really like the artist I always get the CD, sometimes I download from iTunes and I listen on decent equipment and I notice but I still ENJOY the music. I hate the people that get the most crappy bit rate to cram songs but at higher rates it’s not so bad it’s like record to tape recordings. Truth is you can usually order the real CD cheaper used, and sometimes new than you can from iTunes anyway. And yes most people are dumbells that couldn’t give two turds if their music has quality sound as long as they can bob their heads to Justin Beiber and Lady Ga Ga who don’t have a sound to REALLY listen to anyway.

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by Maker http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4056 Maker Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:26:41 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4056 Gee anon, Spoken like a true parasite who has never created anything worth being proud of. Gee anon,
Spoken like a true parasite who has never created anything worth being proud of.

]]> Comment on AAC can’t compete with Wav or MP3 in sound quality by yes http://mikevee.com/aac-cant-compete-with-wav-or-mp3-in-sound-quality/comment-page-1/#comment-4051 yes Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:51:11 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=12#comment-4051 yes, formats formats formats. yes sir, formats compared with other formats. doodly doo. yes, formats formats formats. yes sir, formats compared with other formats. doodly doo.

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by Anon http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4034 Anon Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:22:31 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4034 ^^Who gives a fuck? The important thing is that this information gets out to people who need it. Intellectual property is dead. ^^Who gives a fuck? The important thing is that this information gets out to people who need it.

Intellectual property is dead.

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by anon http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4033 anon Fri, 28 May 2010 16:31:13 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4033 You know you can get sued for that... You know you can get sued for that…

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by anon http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 anon Fri, 28 May 2010 16:30:13 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4032 Wow, what a wanker stealing someone else's work and posting on his site like his own (and copyrighting it!). Boycott this crap! Wow, what a wanker stealing someone else’s work and posting on his site like his own (and copyrighting it!). Boycott this crap!

]]> Comment on Turn off iTunes Gapless Playback by MIKE http://mikevee.com/39/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 MIKE Sun, 02 May 2010 17:27:16 +0000 http://mikevee.com/?p=39#comment-4031 Gapless Playback????? New MAC user, never again, back to PC!!!! Gapless Playback????? New MAC user, never again, back to PC!!!!

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