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Emese sample

AAC trouble until 350k (q0.85)
LAME problems -V presets.

Emese sample

Reply #1
Is that supposed to be.... music ??

Anyway, nice sample.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

Emese sample

Reply #2
Really is this music? Who is the performer of this?

Emese sample

Reply #3
Its music to my ears with subliminal messages too.


Emese sample

Reply #5
Thank you for your interesting sample. It's rare that such a serious AAC problem comes up. Easy to hear.
lame3995o -Q1.7 --lowpass 17

Emese sample

Reply #6
This one is a nice "short block trigger" test signal.

Emese sample

Reply #7
Can anyone hear problems with this sample when using Nero AAC Encoder at 192kbps ABR?

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Reply #8
Can you please tell me who is the performer?

French composer Pierre Henry. The composition's name is Le Temple d'Émèse which is a part of the « Fragment pour Artaud » work.

CD is still available in a nice and not too expensive 6CD box which may help anyone collecting weird audio samples :-)

N.B. I haven't tried this at 192 kbps.


N.B(2). Quick ABX test (my first one since 7 months, very easy...) - check the parameters (I'm not sure that I have the latest Nero's encoder)

Code: [Select]
foo_abx 1.3.1 report
foobar2000 v0.9.4.2
2007/07/18 01:36:18

File A: C:\temp\A03_emese.flac
File B: C:\temp\A03_emese.mp4

01:36:18 : Test started.
01:36:35 : 01/01  50.0%
01:36:38 : 02/02  25.0%
01:36:41 : 03/03  12.5%
01:36:44 : 04/04  6.3%
01:36:46 : 05/05  3.1%
01:36:49 : 06/06  1.6%
01:36:52 : 07/07  0.8%
01:36:54 : 08/08  0.4%
01:37:02 : 09/09  0.2%
01:37:09 : 10/10  0.1%
01:37:12 : 11/11  0.0%
01:37:17 : 12/12  0.0%
01:37:24 : 13/13  0.0%
01:37:27 : 14/14  0.0%
01:37:36 : 15/15  0.0%
01:37:39 : 16/16  0.0%
01:37:55 : Test finished.

 ----------
Total: 16/16 (0.0%)


Duration : 0:06.000 (264600 samples)
Sample Rate : 44100 Hz
Channels : 2
Bitrate : 205 kbps
Codec : AAC
Codec Profile : AAC LC
Encoding : lossy
Tool : Nero AAC codec / Feb 12 2007
The 'attacks' are noisy, buggy (weirds sounds) and highly smeared.


N.B(3). Confirmation of shadowking's test at ~350 kbps (VBR 0.85)

Code: [Select]
foo_abx 1.3.1 report
foobar2000 v0.9.4.2
2007/07/18 01:44:11

File A: C:\temp\A03_emese.flac
File B: C:\temp\A03_emese.mp4

01:44:11 : Test started.
01:44:45 : 01/01  50.0%
01:44:49 : 02/02  25.0%
01:44:54 : 02/03  50.0%
01:44:59 : 03/04  31.3%
01:45:06 : 04/05  18.8%
01:45:12 : 05/06  10.9%
01:45:15 : 06/07  6.3%
01:45:20 : 07/08  3.5%
01:45:24 : 08/09  2.0%
01:45:30 : 09/10  1.1%
01:45:45 : 10/11  0.6%
01:45:48 : 11/12  0.3%
01:45:56 : 12/13  0.2%
01:46:09 : 12/14  0.6%
01:46:14 : 13/15  0.4%
01:46:18 : 14/16  0.2%
01:46:24 : 15/17  0.1%
01:46:26 : 16/18  0.1%
01:46:29 : 17/19  0.0%
01:46:32 : 18/20  0.0%
01:46:36 : Test finished.

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Total: 18/20 (0.0%)


 Duration : 0:06.000 (264600 samples)
Sample Rate : 44100 Hz
Channels : 2
Bitrate : 361 kbps
Codec : AAC
Codec Profile : AAC LC
Encoding : lossy
Tool : Nero AAC codec / Feb 12 2007

Emese sample

Reply #9
Sorry, Guruboolez, I didn't catch which settings did you use for the first ABX test?
Thank you very much for information about author!

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Reply #10
Nero AAC codec / Feb 12 2007
ABR (1 pass) 192 kbps (with foobar2000's GUI)

I wasn't simply sure that I got the latest Nero's version (and I was a bit tired for googling yesterday).

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Reply #11
Yes, that is the latest Nero version. Thank you for testing.
I can hear the problems at abr 192, but my ears are not good enough for -q 0.85.
We will check what causes bad quality.

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Reply #12
I just pushed the encoder to its maximum (-q1.00, 406 kbps). The problem is slightly perceptible to my ears :

Code: [Select]
foo_abx 1.3.1 report
foobar2000 v0.9.4.2
2007/07/18 12:31:17

File A: C:\temp\A03_emese.flac
File B: C:\temp\A03_emese.mp4

12:31:17 : Test started.
12:31:40 : 01/01  50.0%
12:31:49 : 01/02  75.0%
12:31:53 : 02/03  50.0%
12:32:01 : 03/04  31.3%
12:32:03 : 04/05  18.8%
12:32:14 : 05/06  10.9%
12:32:23 : 06/07  6.3%
12:32:50 : 07/08  3.5%
12:32:56 : 08/09  2.0%
12:33:08 : 09/10  1.1%
12:33:13 : 10/11  0.6%
12:33:32 : 11/12  0.3%
12:33:39 : Test finished.

 ----------
Total: 11/12 (0.3%)

Emese sample

Reply #13
Did anybody test this sample with other encoders (mp3,ogg,mp4) at ~192kbps?

Emese sample

Reply #14
Pretty easy with MP3 Lame 3.97 @ V0. A most interesting sample.

Code: [Select]
foo_abx 1.3.1 report
foobar2000 v0.9.5 beta 7
2007/12/19 15:23:47

File A: \test\A03_emese.flac
File B: \test\V0. A03_emese.mp3

15:23:47 : Test started.
15:24:10 : 01/01  50.0%
15:24:19 : 02/02  25.0%
15:24:28 : 03/03  12.5%
15:24:34 : 04/04  6.3%
15:24:40 : 05/05  3.1%
15:24:46 : 06/06  1.6%
15:24:55 : 07/07  0.8%
15:25:03 : 08/08  0.4%
15:25:17 : 09/09  0.2%
15:25:26 : 10/10  0.1%
15:25:27 : Test finished.

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Total: 10/10 (0.1%)

edit: With Nero AAC codec / Aug  6 2007 I'm finding it hard to ABX at Q0.8 under the same conditions as Lame. Q0.7 was ABXable but an improvement on Lame V0 for me.
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