points by jonas21 2 days ago | 0 comments
In case anyone else got to the demo thinking the quality is awful -- the vocals are incomprehensible and keep cutting out -- it turns out it's like that in the original track:
[–] aruametello 2 days ago
i got confused at first, and then noted that this was an awful piece of music to pick for a compression demonstration.
not the music taste itself, but perhaps he should have gone for something more known that would be easy for A/B tests.
[–] ethanbezz 2 days ago
Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega would've been a neat choice, as it was the track used to assess and refine the MP3 compression algorithm during it's development.
[–] phoboslab 2 days ago