For optimum performance the intenal frame size of the encoder has to be taken into account when using the preprocessor. I suppose you haven't done this for TAK?
Right. I have just compressed the two files "on a rush" to check if - as I supposed - the action of the SoundSimplifier™ would be interesting also for other encoders.
And it was, so much, as your results show even more. Thanks for taking the time for the "optimized" encoding.
Thank you! It was fun to try if this very interesting preprocessor could also be useful for TAK. In the meantime i have checked the other lossy samples from this thread:
FLAC TAK
Turbo Normal Max
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01_41_30sec_lossy 2,004,157 1,846,469 1,809,281 1,797,900
05_florida_seq_lossy 784,150 670,701 642,823 637,592
09_SeriousTrouble_lossy 223,366 126,843 122,256 121,305
13_Track03beginning_lossy 897,305 772,040 685,265 649,287
15_Track03entreaty_lossy 950,851 810,619 761,024 748,012
17_Track04cakewithtea_lossy 1,521,299 1,346,236 1,287,662 1,254,913
badvilbel_lossy 1,447,888 1,499,021 1,431,695 1,410,516
harp40_1_lossy 881,164 903,859 838,660 753,119
herding_calls_lossy 656,097 636,489 570,787 548,968
trumpet_lossy 605,151 620,738 596,649 552,079
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All presets used a frame size of 4096.
Hm, possibly i really should add an external option for frame size selection to TAK. This all looks very promising. The preprocessor is a very nice idea!