Reviewed: MusicScope digital file analysis software

[Bruce B]

Audacity is superb, but the analysis tools are poor for provenance.

That doesn't stop the Cowboys!

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Is this software for distributors of hi-res files to check their authenticity, or is it for consumers?

Tim

 

[amirm]

I suspect it is for the consumers so that they can pester the distributors to make better bits . Can't see them making a living from the handful of music distributors at those prices.

 

[Andre Marc]

I suspect it is for the consumers so that they can pester the distributors to make better bits . Can't see them making a living from the handful of music distributors at those prices.

Actually they sell customized versions to distributors..totally different pricing.

 

[Andre Marc]

Is this software for distributors of hi-res files to check their authenticity, or is it for consumers?

Tim

The $29 version is for consumers. They also sell enterprise versions to digital distributors.

 

[esldude]

Sonic visualizer is a program that could do some of the same for free.
http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/

Interface is not so neat, and it has many useful tools hidden away so to speak. But it is certainly good for spectrograms.

 

[Orb]

These were solo instrumental recordings at a lower volume. They said they can't detect anything over 18k, so it's CD quality at best.

On that note, I had downloaded 2 albums that I had submitted earlier last year from 5 download sites. Do you know that all but 1 FLAC file was different from the original that I had submitted in file size and amplitude!!

I'll be submitting a new thread with all the data.

Well they are going to be severely disappointed with piano performances then
I see another headache for you Bruce, some analogue recordings have a seriously high noise floor pertaining to the vocals or instruments or both, so when they analyse this they could come to a very wrong conclusion again.
Cheers
Orb

 

[Andre Marc]

Sonic visualizer is a program that could do some of the same for free.
http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/

Interface is not so neat, and it has many useful tools hidden away so to speak. But it is certainly good for spectrograms.

Thanks for posting this, I will give it a go. Looks very good. The price is right!

To be fair, as compared to MusicScope, you can only load WAV and mp3..no FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, or DSD files.