anyone know of any mixes in good quality (320kbps+)?

slowlygoingdeaf · Post by **slowlygoingdeaf** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:49 pm

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

Post by **dubway** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:02 pm

lol

is there 320+ kbps mp3? i never saw it..

slowlygoingdeaf · Post by **slowlygoingdeaf** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:38 pm

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.

pompende · Post by **pompende** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:37 pm

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

doomstep · Post by **doomstep** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:02 am

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 ...

boa · Post by **boa** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:28 pm

the noise in practice hours is just well-loved dubplates grinding down a little further. all part of the aural experience IMHO.

slowlygoingdeaf · Post by **slowlygoingdeaf** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:06 pm

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

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:12 pm

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.

thc · Post by **thc** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:29 pm

i remember there was a Cyrus on Sub FM set that was 320 kbps just a little while back

scoz · Post by **scoz** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:35 pm

the ridiculous bitrates will probably be windows explorer / windows media player's inability to workout vbr mp3s.

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:33 pm

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?

deapoh · Post by **deapoh** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:36 pm

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.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:09 pm

Deapoh wrote:keep everything under 192, file size and so no pricks rip tracks out and mix them.

badman! regulate!!!

pablex · Post by **pablex** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:29 pm

does it has to be a WAV file?

bunzer0 · Post by **bunzer0** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:00 am

seckle wrote:
Deapoh wrote:keep everything under 192, file size and so no pricks rip tracks out and mix them.
badman! regulate!!!

permutated · Post by **permutated** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:04 am

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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slowlygoingdeaf · Post by **slowlygoingdeaf** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:36 pm

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.

slowlygoingdeaf · Post by **slowlygoingdeaf** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:39 pm

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.

drift · Post by **drift** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:58 pm

http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12144

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:18 pm

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.

anyone know of any mixes in good quality (320kbps+)?

anyone know of any mixes in good quality (320kbps+)?

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