What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

[apollo_1444]

Re: What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

I'm not that picky, but 192k is not enough for mixing. IMO

[Miroslav]

Re: What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

i guess it depends on what u want the outcome of u doing what u do to become, personally i,m in my 30's now so that wanting to be the next big dj and play infront of huge crowds phase has past me so i just like to do a mix or 2 with songs i have picked out from the bunch and listen to them and if other people like what i,m doing then cool, i find ableton convinient and space saving which is perfect for me and i also get a buzz out of using a new technology, i,ll never tire of exploring new things

anyway weve went way of topic here

yeah, we kinda did imo, if you're pushing your creativity and doing new stuff, then whatever technology you ultimately use/don't use is all good. and I know in the end the stuff I say is just a personal preference...

Just out of curiosity, what kind of a musical study did you do? Do you do mastering or any production work?

[nicomax]

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For my iPod ,anything above 128 kbps is fine, although I rather have 192 kbps and above. For clubs I think they should play the best possible quality.

[Jayson]

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Please put your headphones down right now and give up this whole music thing...cuz that's just sad.

Every club obviously needs to care about the business aspect, but if all you care about is churning people through and getting sound out the speakers in the most efficient and riskless way possible....

JUST GET RID OF THE DJ ALREADY AND PLAY A CD.

The computer can handle it all perfectly fine on its own.

What you need to do is get off your soap box already. This is reality, this is a business and peoples liveliood are at stake here.

They can still be just as creative as you, can program a set just as well and even have more tricks they can perform that you can't do when using traditional turntables and a mixer.

All the digital age is doing is leveling the playing field, and that's a good thing.

[unkownartist]

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yeah, we kinda did imo, if you're pushing your creativity and doing new stuff, then whatever technology you ultimately use/don't use is all good. and I know in the end the stuff I say is just a personal preference...

Just out of curiosity, what kind of a musical study did you do? Do you do mastering or any production work?

i did a hnd in audio technology with electronics, we covered mastering and aslo production work as well as the electronics involved and also a degree in audio technology with multimedia which covered remixing and also programing and then web design etc etc, best thing i have ever done

[Taylor Norris]

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Jayson,

So its all about the money....not the music.
Greed wins again

[Miroslav]

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What you need to do is get off your soap box already. This is reality, this is a business and peoples liveliood are at stake here.

They can still be just as creative as you, can program a set just as well and even have more tricks they can perform that you can't do when using traditional turntables and a mixer.

All the digital age is doing is leveling the playing field, and that's a good thing.

I never said that Ableton DJs can't be creative, just that it's unfortunate that I'm seeing more and more who are aren't. I agree that many of them can be creative and program good sets.

I couldn't disagree with you more on the rest...but I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree there.

But the way, if you stop and think about it..."leveling the playing field" and eliminating risks is the last thing you want for your livelihood if you're a DJ or a club owner (but particularly a DJ).

[Jayson]

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As a DJ yes, it is the last thing you want. As a club owner it's a good thing, as you can get the same performance or even a better one at a better price.

[Miroslav]

Re: What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

As a DJ yes, it is the last thing you want. As a club owner it's a good thing, as you can get the same performance or even a better one at a better price.

Agreed

[beanzncheez]

Re: What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

For my iPod ,anything above 128 kbps is fine, although I rather have 192 kbps and above. For clubs I think they should play the best possible quality.

That makes plenty of sense since an iPod has a lower frequency response and signal-to-noise ratio than other higher quality mp3 players.

[jeffrey collins]

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Yeah Dom, they were LASERDISCS... there's a used book seller in town that still sells those. Has a couple of them for concerts that are still not out on DVD. Yeah the players for those things started out at like 1200$ when they were new. Thank God the DVD craze went fast so now we are at a point where you can buy a dvd played for 40$.

[Jayson]

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Jayson,

So its all about the money....not the music.
Greed wins again

No it's not all about the money, I play the music for myself and friends at home. But when I'm out I expect to get paid for my services, and if I'm paying a DJ to play he better be worth it and not screw up.

BUT this is a business so don't forget that. People are here to make money now. If they weren't then they wouldn't be charging absurd amounts of money to play.

[jeffrey collins]

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Yeah I don't like spinning at a club, where it seems as if all the other dj's are getting paid but they don't wanna pay me. That kind of shit isn't right.

[Yao]

Re: What are your thoughts on MP3 audio quality?

My switch to CDJ's is mostly motivated by the high prices of vinyl and the fact that high quality mp3 or WAV's do the trick well enough. I can keep bitching over sound quality (and yes...vinyl does sound better) but in the end it's a choice between having to give up or switch to a way of DJ-ing which will permit me to keep the costs lower in the long run.

But I'll never switch to computer mixing for real unless it's adding something to the spectrum in which a DJ moves himself. I prefer something as close to the old feel as possible, like the CDJ's.

[groffhibbitz]

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for work I have to listen to 48kbps ogg vorbis, and it's not that bad actually. I think ogg sounds better than mp3.

Of course for my own music it is 320kbps or better (for mp3).