Could it be something to do with sampling rates and bit depth? It might be =
resampling your files and not doing a good job. I vaguely remember reading =
they convert to 16 bit/44.1kHz, but I'm not sure.
Peter Shute
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.com] On Behalf Of vickipowys
Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 9:24 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] sound quality problem with Soundcloud
Can anyone help me with this problem, or have you experienced
something similar?
I have just tried to upload some sounds of buzzing grasshoppers, to
Soundcloud. First I tried an mp3 version that sounded just fine
through headphones via my computer. But it sounded warbly and
distorted on Soundcloud. So then a tried a FLAC version, the
improvement was minimal and the stereo image seemed compromised.
So then I tried uploading the same stereo mp3 version to my own
website, loading it in Quicktime format, and it sounded absolutely
fine with a good stereo image.
So what is Soundcloud doing to my audio in the uploading process?
(I did notice some loss of quality in another of my recent Soundcloud
uploads).
Vicki Powys
Australia
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