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Topic: C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help! (Read 11437 times) previous topic - next topic
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C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Hello everyone,

I am trying to convert old Commodore SID music to MP3s. I have exported the tunes from the .sid file to .wav files (using sidplay2w)...no problem. I am then trying to convert the WAVs to MP3s using lame 3.97. I have tried various VBR settings ('-V 3 --vbr-new --noreplaygain', e.g.) as well as CBR 320. Many of the songs sound awful regardless of the compression settings. I've posted the WAV file for one in particular:

http://www.fruvous.com/ultima-sid.wav

When converted to MP3, the beginning of this song sounds all warbly and bizarre.

Does anyone have recommendations for different settings (or potentially an even different encoder?) that would make this MP3 conversion sound as close to the original SID waveforms as possible?

Thanks in advance,

Chris

C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Reply #1 –
You're satisfied with the way the .WAV files sound?

C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Reply #2 –
I dunno.. the sample is fairly easy for me to ABX at -V 2 --vbr-new, but I wouldn't call the artifacts horrible.

C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Reply #3 –
I can't see why they should sound wrong in any way.

use this:  (lame 3.97 )  : --preset 256

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C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Reply #4 –
D'oh! My bad...I was listening to the encoded files in WinAmp with the EQ enabled, and that was causing the funny sounding stuff I was hearing. If I play them in WinAmp with EQ off, or in Windows Media Player, they sound fine...

Thanks all for the help,

Chris

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I can't see why they should sound wrong in any way.

use this:  (lame 3.97 )  : --preset 256

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C64 SID music -> MP3 sounds awful...help!

Reply #6 –
Anyone got a good workflow for this on Mac OS X? I'd love to get some golden oldies onto my iPhone as ringtones