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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:00 am Post subject: Voice123 auditions sound like poo

I know they encode custom auditions at 96kHz, but my custom auditions are really sounding awful, warbly and compressed. And yes, I'm submitting them in mono 128 44.1. Anyone else hearing this problem?
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todd ellis · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:15 am Post subject:

i was told i sounded awful, warbly and compressed yesterday ... and i was just involved in a casual conversation.

*sorry, i'm no help.
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bobsouer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:23 am Post subject:

Jeff,

I think I remember that Amy Snively had this problem a while back. You might check with her to see how she solved the problem.
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Frank F · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:44 am Post subject:

Just a simple thought based upon some background of re-encoding .mp3's; my suggestion is to send them as 96k from your original 44,100 kHz, 16 bit mono file.

Remember, MPEG II, Layer III is a lossy format, so like in the old days of tape, the more you bounce it from tape-to-tape (or original digital to .mp3 to re-encoded .mp3) the more quality you lose with each copy.

However, this is just a thought.

Toodles

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ricevoice · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:18 am Post subject:

I've had this happen a few times, and it's always corrected itself when I re-upload the files.
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scottnilsen · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:

I corrected this issue by letting my subscription expire. YMMV.
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta

Yeah, there's no distortion or jitter on any of the auditions that I don't send to Vee Eins Zwei Drei.

F2's 96k solution ought to work.

Hey, try sending 192 mono files Wink

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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:42 pm Post subject:

I'll try the 96 kbps trick. When there are auditions worth spending time on. May be a while. Smile

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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject:

The 96kbps trick didn't work. Still warbly and echo-y. Odd. Here's what it sounds like after they munge it:

http://qponcentral.com/renegade/LTK152021935993X%20-%20jeffreykafer%20-%20Custom%20Demo.mp3
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Deirdre · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:38 am Post subject:

ooh— "munge". What a great word!!
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2281 Location: Atlanta

Burn a copy of that file, and then maybe the client can rip it and convert it to 128k.

D'oh.
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ricevoice · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:20 am Post subject:

fwiw, I clicked on your link and it sounds fine to me.

You keep mentioning 96 kHz, which there's no need for in v-o work... just to clarify, are you recording at 96kHz (sampling rate) or rendering the file at 96 kbps (bit rate)... if it's the former I'm pretty sure that can cause problems when being resampled to 44.1.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

96 kbps, my mistake.

Unless there's something wrong with my playback, there's no way that file sounds fine. Anyone else give it a listen?
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bobsouer · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:

Jeff,

The file sounds fine here, too.
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todd ellis · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:33 am Post subject:

jeff - sounds ok here to ... i had the playback problem with, albeit a much lower bit rate, my audio PC sound card simply did not support the lower quality file. took a long time ... and liz's help to figure it out. played it back on my laptop, and it sounded fine.
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