Have you heard it? apparrantly it sounds a bit like a wow and flutter effect
http://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermark
http://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermark
Digital watermarking,
- Thread starter peterpiper
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I've heard this on some Spotify tracks (no way will I remember which) and put it down to compression artefacts caused by the lossy conversion.
I've just checked '3 Doors Down - When You're Young' on Spotify and sure enough the artefacts are there.
I can't check iTunes without buying the track because there's no way of making it preview the first seconds, but I presume they will be there.
To quote someone who posted a comment on that website: "It is a strange thing that the real quality audio is now reserved for the pirates. This industry really knows how to hit its targets."
Indeed.
Ah well, just another valid reason to continue buying CDs. Not that I was looking for one.
I've just checked '3 Doors Down - When You're Young' on Spotify and sure enough the artefacts are there.
I can't check iTunes without buying the track because there's no way of making it preview the first seconds, but I presume they will be there.
To quote someone who posted a comment on that website: "It is a strange thing that the real quality audio is now reserved for the pirates. This industry really knows how to hit its targets."
Indeed.
Ah well, just another valid reason to continue buying CDs. Not that I was looking for one.
The_Lhc
Well-known member
I must be completely deaf, listening on headphones I can't hear any difference between any of them! :?
Only tried the '3 doors down' excerpt and it was evident as a kind of fluttery warbling in the guitar sound for the first five or six seconds of the track, more prominent for me in my left ear than right. Bit like worn tape.
Ok took the test
Audio Watermark Listening Test
Results
You scored 14 out of 16 correct.
[Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata] correct
[XXYYXX - Fields] correct
[Debussy - The Engulfed Cathedral] correct
[Kettel - Jongebeer] correct
[Bored With Four - Powerless Together] correct
[Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit] incorrect
[Drake - Take Care] correct
[Santana - Every Day I Have The Blues] correct
[Shakey Graves - Unlucky Skin] correct
[Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe] correct
[Lady Gaga - Just Dance] incorrect
[Builders - Synthetic Flight] correct
[Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever] correct
[Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky] correct
[Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture] correct
[Debussy - Arabesque] correct
Clearly i'm less sensitive to it on loud pop/dance tracks.
Audio Watermark Listening Test
Results
You scored 14 out of 16 correct.
[Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata] correct
[XXYYXX - Fields] correct
[Debussy - The Engulfed Cathedral] correct
[Kettel - Jongebeer] correct
[Bored With Four - Powerless Together] correct
[Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit] incorrect
[Drake - Take Care] correct
[Santana - Every Day I Have The Blues] correct
[Shakey Graves - Unlucky Skin] correct
[Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe] correct
[Lady Gaga - Just Dance] incorrect
[Builders - Synthetic Flight] correct
[Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever] correct
[Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky] correct
[Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture] correct
[Debussy - Arabesque] correct
Clearly i'm less sensitive to it on loud pop/dance tracks.
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