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Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: Pio2001 on 2004-03-14 03:45:19
Another problem sample for MPC 1.14 xlevel standard.
Tristesse de la Lune - A Heart Whose Love is Innocent track 11 - Desire.

Drop outs in the word "says" of the sentence "She says..."

By the way, I just sent a message to the label, asking them to "stop the loudness race" (http://perso.numericable.fr/laguill2/smileys/biggrin.gif)

ABX 10/10
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: shadowking on 2004-03-14 07:16:12
I was lost with this one but when I started listening to the 's' in 'says' in got a few positives  but not enough - I have to try again later. BTW - is the 's' harsher that the original ?

1st: 5/9

2nd: 5/7 

total: 10/16
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: SometimesWarrior on 2004-03-14 09:55:57
I can't pick out the artifact, either (ABX 53/100, but who's counting ). I had much better luck with your FSOL sample. I'll sleep on it and try again.
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: Pio2001 on 2004-03-14 14:05:12
Yes this one is harder...
As always, I realized the problem during casual listening. I didn't even know the album. The MPC was my first listening of it. This is usually how I find samples.
But every time, the watery artifacts that I hear are already in the original. It is the case here. But here, they are worsened in the MPC version.

I don't know if my finds are random (I ABX randomly, and sometimes find samples that are audibly worsened), or if choosing watery parts for ABX increases the probability of finding problems, or if I directly hear real artifacts.
Guruboolez once chose a sample completely randomly, and managed to ABX it at quality 5. Xerophase said he could hear the quality 5 problems permanently, and he proved it with ABX results, and a sample that, though very hard, we could ABX too.

This sample is interesting. When I first tried to ABX, I was not sure that there really was a difference between the original and the encoded file. So I let it rest, listening to another track. Then back to ABX, I played A, then B, then X, and gave the first answer. Then I couldn't hear the difference anymore. After having listened to another track, I could give another answer, then couldn't hear the difference. Same for the third answer, but, trying for the 4th time, I suddenly became aware of an obvious problem in the voice.
Then I could instantly finish 6 more sessions, in several seconds. There was no need to concentrate anymore, I had just found exactly when, where, and what to listen to ! I just had to click X and give my answer.
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: SenatR The Last on 2004-03-14 14:56:24
It seems i have one more problem mpc sample too, but...I don't have an orginal wave to verify my opinion.  The sample is Sting "Brand New Day" album - track1 - "Thousand Years". It is heard good enough at ~3.24-3.26.I hope someone could check it or maybe provide with lossless cut of this track.
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: Dologan on 2004-03-14 15:31:59
Does the artifact persist at higher settings, BTW?
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: SenatR The Last on 2004-03-14 15:45:14
The album is encoded using "insane" preset.
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: music_man_mpc on 2004-03-14 16:37:36
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It seems i have one more problem mpc sample too, but...I don't have an orginal wave to verify my opinion.  The sample is Sting "Brand New Day" album - track1 - "Thousand Years". It is heard good enough at ~3.24-3.26.I hope someone could check it or maybe provide with lossless cut of this track.

There are lots of weird noises to be heard in regular CD audio, if you are listening closely enough.  I think it is doubtfull that you heard an artifact, although I might be able to get an origonal to see for sure.  It seemes to me, IIRC, that my mother has a copy of this album  .

edit: changed a difference to an artifact.  Makes more sense now.
Title: Another problem sample for MPC
Post by: Pio2001 on 2004-03-14 22:39:14
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Does the artifact persist at higher settings, BTW?

I don't know. I don't have the time to test. I'll reencode the track at a higher seeting anyway. All problems are reduced at higher settings.