Quality of upload to the My Music Page

[chriswattsuk]

Hey guys,

Just wondered what everybody's thoughts were regarding upload quality on the My Music page. I know that the upload form actually accepts higher quality encoded files, i.e. 320kbps, but in all honesty the quality still isn't great.

I know that if a library wanted to sign a track they would request a higher quality wav file from the artist, but in terms of overall impression of a song at the point of reviewing the forwards from Taxi, I think it gives a pretty mediocre impression of a song, and for the people reviewing the forwards it could make a real difference in terms of their overall impression of a track?

Keen to get your thoughts.

Chris

[Len911]

If I'm not mistaken, the screener isn't hearing the streaming version like you are, but the actual file you uploaded.

[chriswattsuk]

That would be pretty awesome if that is the case, is anybody able to confirm this?

[Uttenreither]

by Len911 » Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:44 am
If I'm not mistaken, the screener isn't hearing the streaming version like you are, but the actual file you uploaded.

There is a way to test this on Taxi! Upload a problem track and choose to make it downloadable, and then download it from Taxi.

If the download sounds good, then Len is correct for sure.

John

[mojobone]

Len's right; screeners listen to what you uploaded, NOT what's transcoded for web streaming.

[chriswattsuk]

That's great news - some encode particularly nastily, even if its a high res file.

[mojobone]

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