This is the reason, among several other reasons, I started using BOX. You can upload waves and they stream as Waves with no compression by the platform. I've always understood that most or all of the platforms compress the audio in one form or another, down to 128kbs in some cases, regardless of what bitrate you used for the upload. That's why when you upload the file and it hits 100% uploaded, you see the message Please be patient.... processing the file. One of the platforms has a 10mb file size limit.... and then still processes your file if I recall.

And they also have loudness guidelines that their platform will impose on your music if you exceed the limits they set.

Unless you have your own website and host your tunes there, or use something like BOX, your music is at the mercy of whatever platform you use.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 10/10/23 04:46 AM.
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