othersongs Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 i feel like LIT is bad quality even on the CD.. the instruments sound like MP3 quality. the entire CD and vinyl... is mediocre in quality.. sounds very mp3ized.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyr Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I kinda agree with you on that. Not like MOST people will notice. But I noticed that as well. Good ear :-) Compression? Processing? ahh who cares it still sounds good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othersongs Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 yeah its still great... but it's going to bug me for life it's especially that new instrument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othersongs Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 yeah its still great... but it's going to bug me for life it's especially that new instrument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark K Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Get the iTunes version, :=). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twerth5000 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Sounds like mp3? What does that even mean? Mp3s can be very high quality. Maybe you should try ripping it in higher quality. At least 192 kbps, 320 if you want very high quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irregular Joe Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 It's very possible that it was mastered poorly. Unfortunately, this is the case of many, many albums these days (just ask any audiophile out there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I ripped at 320 kbps AAC from the CD and it sounds very very good. LIT is really good quality. The whole albums sounds amazing through my 700 Watt system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 It's very possible that it was mastered poorly. Unfortunately, this is the case of many, many albums these days (just ask any audiophile out there). Yep, mastered too loud. It's a real shame coz it would sound so much better with greater dynamic range. For those that are interested, google "Loudness Wars". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPIMaster Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 There's a bit of loudness war in VLV but not too much. It has been mastered loud, but not too loud. Some things got levelled so that they're at a constant volume (thus causing some dynamics to be lost, yes), but at least they're not increasing the volume so much that the cd would be made unlistenable. That stuff happens on Red Hot Chili Peppers cd's. I've compared LIT with a Red Hot Chili Peppers song, that's where the loudness is terrible. Observe the following screen shots: First we've got Life in Technicolor and then Californication (RHCP): Once your waves (the blue stuff) start to go out of the box, then you get clipping. Clipping results in your song having actual pops and cracks in them, because you're basically distorting the sound by mixing it too loud. Then lots of frequencies (and thus dynamics) get permanently lost in the mix. Note that this does not happen with LIT, thus way less dynamics were lost and it could even be fixed (with a little EQ), maybe a project I should work on during my vacation! It however definitely does with Californication, that stuff cannot be fixed. It could have been worse, in conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPsy Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 dunno...I got the leak! (shhh!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talkingonsquareone89 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 on the CD....would it be that each of the parts were recorded/mastered too loud and thus the whole song mixing would be too loud? or, without having to fix the individual parts, the whole song could still be adjusted to fix the problem? sorry, i'm not too knowledgable in sound tech/mixing, so if anybody has answers....:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoRocker Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I don't know what album you all have.. But mine does have very good quality..:shocked2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK8 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Shit i think we are getting a bit picky here,sounds just fine to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Mars Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 There's a bit of loudness war in VLV but not too much. It has been mastered loud, but not too loud. Some things got levelled so that they're at a constant volume (thus causing some dynamics to be lost, yes), but at least they're not increasing the volume so much that the cd would be made unlistenable. That stuff happens on Red Hot Chili Peppers cd's. I've compared LIT with a Red Hot Chili Peppers song, that's where the loudness is terrible. Observe the following screen shots: First we've got Life in Technicolor and then Californication (RHCP): Once your waves (the blue stuff) start to go out of the box, then you get clipping. Clipping results in your song having actual pops and cracks in them, because you're basically distorting the sound by mixing it too loud. Then lots of frequencies (and thus dynamics) get permanently lost in the mix. Note that this does not happen with LIT, thus way less dynamics were lost and it could even be fixed (with a little EQ), maybe a project I should work on during my vacation! It however definitely does with Californication, that stuff cannot be fixed. It could have been worse, in conclusion. Wow, RHCP really messed that up. Is that just the album version or all versions of Californication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICK8 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Far out..:stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamfox Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 i feel like LIT is bad quality even on the CD.. the instruments sound like MP3 quality. the entire CD and vinyl... is mediocre in quality.. sounds very mp3ized.. It's called distortion. Brian Eno's done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghc52 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 It sounds like the distortion you get when you do major amounts compression. Seems like it happened a lot on Viva la Vida...? The midrange frequencies start to go in and out when the lower frequencies come in. However, I've only noticed the distortion when listening on built-in computer speakers, with no bass. All of the tracks sound great on a good pair of monitors, or in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazeboflossUK Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 ^^^ If that's Chris Clark in your sig then that's great! He's good. Back to LIT...... The reason people have mentioned the "Mp3ised" sound is because of the tones in the instrument (the Shamisen). It has those wishy-washy over tones but it's not low quality audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twerth5000 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 ^^^ If that's Chris Clark in your sig then that's great! He's good. Back to LIT...... The reason people have mentioned the "Mp3ised" sound is because of the tones in the instrument (the Shamisen). It has those wishy-washy over tones but it's not low quality audio. Ah, I understand. I like the tones, at least they aren't as cheesy as those in X&Y. (and that's Radiohead in that signature, they're song "Bulletproof... I Wish I Was") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open6l Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 One thing I noticed (and maybe that is the issue with some of the copies that a few people might have).. There are a few copies floating around usenet that seem to be very subpar quality (especially in LiT). If you think that LiT is sounding low quality (and you didn't purchase an original CD or itunes download) then do yourself a favor and buy it. I checked out a few releases (even FLAC releases) and was surprised to find how bad LiT was compared to the original CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Viva La Vida actually sounds more screwed than LiT to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPIMaster Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Wow, RHCP really messed that up. Is that just the album version or all versions of Californication? I think it's all versions. They don't usually do multiple mixes of songs for seperate pressings like singles etc. The entire cd that's messed up like that, btw. There is an unmastered version floating around of it though that doesn't have this problem. Sounds tons better, but suffers from a bit of mp3 compression quality loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria Way Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Shit i think we are getting a bit picky here,sounds just fine to me! agreed, it's the first album song and i don't think it is that bad, but it's just my opinion :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPRani Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 It sounds great on my CD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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