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aleph , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Technology in Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right

Literally the only difference between 16 bit and 24 bit is that the latter has a lower noise floor, which is really only useful for sound production - It doesn't translate to any increase in meaningful detail or dynamic range when dealing with playback.

16-bit was chosen as the defacto standard for CDs and digital music precisely because it contains more than enough dynamic range for human hearing.

Any difference your gf hears is due to the placebo effect rather than any inherent difference in the actual audio.

aleph , 4 months ago to Technology in Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right

But 24-bit audio is useless for playback. The difference is literally inaudible. In fact, the application of dynamic range compression during the mixing/mastering process has a far greater impact on perceptible audio quality than sample rate or bitrate does (the placebo effect notwithstanding).

If you care about audio quality, seek out album masters and music that is well-recorded and not dynamically crushed to oblivion. The bitrate isn't really all that important, in the greater scheme of things.

aleph , 4 months ago to Technology in Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right

Sure, but even 300% of a tiny amount is still a tiny amount. People shouldn't be kidding themselves that Tidal pays artists well when the compensation is still significantly less than if you buy an artist's music directly.

The best approach is to use both - streaming for discovery and online stores for when you find an artists you really like and want to support them financially.

aleph , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Technology in Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right

They still don't pay the artists all that much. No streaming services do.

If you genuinely want to support artists financially, you should buy their music outright through online stores like Bandcamp or Qobuz.

aleph , 4 months ago to Interesting Global News in ‘A concern for everyone’: Tennessee poised to ban Pride flags in schools

"So the values that I think most parents want their children exposed to are the ones that were in existence at the time that our country was founded.”

Imagine a lawmaker unironically stating they want to undo all social progress since 1776.

Thank Christ I don't live in Tennessee.

aleph , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Free and Open Source Software in Looking for a REALLY simple video editor for win10, nothing fancy please! [E: already solved. Amazing, thanks!]

For your use case, I'd go with LosslessCut as opposed Shotcut, Openshot, etc.

The reason being that it is much simpler and faster to use, and generally results in smaller filesizes because you aren't having to re-encode from scratch.

aleph , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Free and Open Source Software in Audio Upscaler

Going from 192kbps to 320kbps would be audibly negligible unless you used a really bad codec to begin with, in which case adding AI into the mix would likely just compound the problem.

Probably not even worth it, tbh.

aleph , 1 year ago to Technology in You cant even avoid irrelevant results with "site:" anymore

Still way better than Google in terms of sponsored results and ads.