If YouTube recordings sound good, why do commercial digital releases sound so bad.

[hopkins]

Here's a live perfomance of the tracks on this album:

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A live performance is always going to sound different than a studio album. The live recording in the video sounds fine, but so does the album

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The album was the first production out of Kevin Gray's Cohearant Records label:

Kirsten Edkins-Shapes Sound-180 Gram Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds

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[Rexp]

Here's Saxsophonist, Grace Kelly youtube live vs recording that's on streaming:

 

[hopkins]

Here's Saxsophonist, Grace Kelly youtube live vs recording that's on streaming:

It's exactly the same! In both cases it's a studio recording (and the sound doesn't seem to match exactly the video of her in the studio - it seems like some editing was done, but I could be wrong). What was the point you were trying to make?

 

[Rexp]

Here's the track 'Swingin' (starts 3.13) released in a different album (below).

A good example of the commercially released version sounding broken in comparison.

 

[Carlos269]

https://m.facebook.com/reel/440922585205235/?referral_source=external_deeplink&mibextid=xCPwDs

 

[Rexp]

https://m.facebook.com/reel/440922585205235/?referral_source=external_deeplink&mibextid=xCPwDs

What are your thoughts on the sound difference?

 

[Carlos269]

What are your thoughts on the sound difference?

My stereo has more detail and texture than the video of the live performance shown in the Facebook post. The audio recording of my system playing the same recording sounds much better, raw, to me. What do you think?

 

[Rexp]

My stereo has more detail and texture than the video of the live performance shown in the Facebook post. The audio recording of my system playing the same recording sounds much better, raw, to me. What do you think?

Yes I agree. the facebook video sets a pretty low bar though.

 

[Carlos269]

Yes I agree. the facebook video sets a pretty low bar though.

It looks like that is the video of the live performance at the SiriusXM studio.

 

[hopkins]

My stereo has more detail and texture than the video of the live performance shown in the Facebook post. The audio recording of my system playing the same recording sounds much better, raw, to me. What do you think?

I think you are delusional

The track played in the "facebook video", by the way, is available on streaming services as well:

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With the video on YouTube:

 

[Rensselaer]

Here's one I posted elsewhere, sounds way better than the streaming version :

These TAD speakers sound great ... should at £150,000.00 though.

 

[hopkins]

These TAD speakers sound great ... should at £150,000.00 though.

They sound good, for a video, but the original track on YouTube has much more depth, as it should. No suprises here.

 

[Juiced]

 

[hopkins]

Comments?

 

[Rexp]

Sounds great, do you happen to know the source of that 24/96 file they're playing?

 

[hopkins]

Sounds great, do you happen to know the source of that 24/96 file they're playing?

While I doubt you could even hear differences between digital versions of this album on a system video... the best digital version of this album, IMO, is only available on CD, AFAIK, so not in 24/96:

https://www.discogs.com/release/7365051-The-Oscar-Peterson-Trio-We-Get-Requests

I don't know why, but the track order of that specific release is different than on the original LP.

If you want to compare with other versions, here's track 4 from that CD (which is track 1 on all other releases):

https://storage.googleapis.com/cloudplayer/samples/04%20Corcovado.flac

I would bet that the original mono version (only available on vinyl) sounds very good. I don't like this album enough to bother purchasing an original mono, but others may chime in.

 

[treitz3]

Has anyone even addressed said title question?

Tom

 

[hopkins]

edited - see below

 

[hopkins]

Has anyone even addressed said title question?

Tom

I'll address it. In his first post, Rexp refers to the album "Visions" by Norah Jones, which is highly compressed. The YouTube version of that song from the album, recorded in a different setting, probably has a higher dynamic range. So then the question is: why do artists release compressed versions of their music, and I think we know why...

Norah Jones – Visions – Album – Review – (Test: Tidal MAX Flac, Amazon Dolby Atmos, vinyl record, color vinyl record, Japanese SACD)

After her Christmas album “I Dream of Christmas”, released in 2021, Norah Jones returns with a new album, “Visions”, released on March 8. It features 12 tracks (with a bonus…

magicvinyldigital.net

 

[Rexp]

Has anyone even addressed said title question?

Tom

Well as mere mortals rather than record producers we can only guess what the problem is, @mtemur suggested too much processing, I'd agree with that. Did you compare the two versions of Grace Kelly's 'Swingin' and find significant differences?