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> As previously stated, the MP3 codec was refined using listening tests designed by european audio engineers and featuring the music they chose. In a sense, ea
by ardy42 6y ago
> As previously stated, the MP3 codec was refined using listening tests designed by european audio engineers and featuring the music they chose. In a sense, each of these songs acts as a resonant filter for every file encoded in the MP3 format. Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega, Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, a Haydn Trumpet concerto... these songs carved out the space of sounds that could be successfully encoded as MP3's.
Does anyone have a full list of the recordings they used for these listening tests?
- lozf 6y agoNot sure about the full list of originals but there are more updated lists including known "killer samples" that have been discovered for different audio codecs in the intervening years in various posts at the Listening tests section of Hydrogen Audio https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?board=40.0 https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php?board=40.0