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Suzanne Vega ought to be the hardest thing in the world to find an MP3 artifact in, since "Tom's Diner" was the primary litmus test used in the development of t
by dsr_ 5y ago
Suzanne Vega ought to be the hardest thing in the world to find an MP3 artifact in, since "Tom's Diner" was the primary litmus test used in the development of the psychoacoustical model.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%27s_Diner#The_%22Mother_of_the_MP3%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%27s_Diner#The_%22Mother_of...
- nr2x 5y agoI also found that really hard, and now I know why - that's amazing!
- fogihujy 5y agoGreat. I was feeling good about myself for managing to pick the uncompressed one, and now I keep wondering if I just got lucky. :D
- dusted 5y agoI'd argue the opposite, "voice is the hardest to get right so we chose a vocal track" -> voice is hard to get right, so they got it least right.. For me, Tom's Diner was the easiest of the lot to pick out.
- blowski 5y agoI was the opposite. The classical was easiest because it had so much texture that was easier to spot tiny flaws in that texture.
- alanbernstein 5y agoCan you explain what exactly "texture" means here?
- blowski 5y agoAt any point, there are many different types of instrument playing a variety of pitches and melodies.