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would anyone be kind enough and i do thank you if you choose to do so
link something done on BIAB NOT with uncompressed AIFFS ( AUDIOPHILE Pkg )
so that i can get an idea how the sound quality is?
i have read the threads but would appreciate a user who is using the ULTRAPAK with the compressed files
not the uncompressed files and publishes their work on e.g SOUNDCLOUD
thanks so much as im ready to put my money down and if there is really no significant difference I would be grateful to hear this for myself
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GML.
i'm a regular upak non audiophile user.
listen to the songs in my sig below.
please use decent earbuds instead of dollar cheapies..
you can post back a song review if you wish ...be as brutal as you wish...lol.
ive had more than a few likes//bells//comments.
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Whatever gets posted so a comparison can be made, must be posted on a site that does not compress the files. I thought SoundCloud does compress submissions? You said you read the threads. Did that include an article I wrote, here? https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=378939#Post378939
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I’ve purchased the audiophile version in the past. I do not anymore. I use the UltraPak For my work (performance quality backing tracks) it makes zero difference. I spent some time comparing the Ultra Pak with audiophile on everything from phones and tablets, to pa speakers to $5000/pair studio monitors. The tracks (audiophile and ultra )were basically the same with each speaker. Here’s a link to a CD i put together 4 or 5 years ago. Only the guitar is recorded audio. All the accompaniment is BIAB real tracks using ultraPak. https://on.soundcloud.com/Y52jDeJnL68HthCv9I can’t remember whether I uploaded .wav files or 320kbps MP3’s to soundcloud I have no Idea how SoundCloud processes the audio
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Mrgeeze, if you update prior versions like most of us do, then whatever WAV files you have from the earlier audiophile version(s) are still there. BIAB uses WAV files first if it finds them. Your productions may contain a mix of WAV and WMA.
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Thanks Matt.
My personal audiophile version was a few years back when I ran both windows and Mac OS.
My recent testing was performed on 2 separate machines with a friend who has the audiophile version
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I find Mr Matt Finley's archived contribution that's linked to this post to be exceedingly useful on a practical, technical standpoint.
However, I say that I myself find myself to be highly annoyed with the question itself every time it surfaces on the forum, because as a dyed in the wool audiophile with perfect hearing and immaculate taste, I simply cannot comprehend the lack of self-respect that would come from groveling in the dirt with pigs.
Asking whether some cheap bargain basement variety of an audio file is that the same caliber as the audiophile version is like asking what is the better choice at University, Cambridge, or any good school at Oxford, or Pink Hill Community College in Redneck County?
Or what is the more suitable beverage? Real Champagne from France, or bubbling sewage water from the local tap? Or what is the better musical choice for an evening of listening? Live tickets to the London Philharmonic, or some squalid bohemian evening sitting on some vinyl couch listening to Spotify?
You shock and offend the delicate sensibilities of the true audiophile by even raising the question.
It is a horror.
Any true audiophile knows that it has nothing to do with the sound itself, and everything to do with the absolute obstinate personality that refuses to compromise its dignity and roll around on the ground with common grunts!
There! Steady on man and choose your crowd before it chooses you!!
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David, I resent being compared to pigs!
(Kidding). Thanks for the kind words about my notes.
I actually had a membership card in 1970 for some semi-official semi-pretentious Society of Audiophiles. I think I passed their written test (which says nothing about my hearing).
I wear hearing aides now to give me back some high frequency, but even without them I can hear the difference in a song prepared with WMA versus WAV files. I have even stumped several audio engineers with what I could hear.
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Interesting that BIAB standard wma files (bit rate) are below where people listen these days, but the audiophile 16bit 44.1k is above where most people listen these days. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/0249qFkg/Sample-Rates-BIAB.jpg) The times they are a changing.
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What is this WMA format you speak of?
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david...
you jest sir ??....lol.
i wont take it back,
im lovin that flac.
done a ton of tracks.
man in the street cant tell the diff.
now im gonna go riff.
happiness
ps...all songs in my sig were done useing normal non audiophile upak.
ive found people like or hate a song ie normal persons in the street.
they dont care if song was done with el cheapo cables...lol.
om. 🇨🇦. 🇬🇧
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my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..) https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs(90 songs created useing bb/rb) (lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)
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I don't mix for the normal person on the street and I don't know any audio engineer who would. As long as there are people who do know the difference, I will mix for them.
As to that chart, I've commented on it before. Listing BIAB 'Standard' at a bit rate of 128 is, I believe, misleading. Yes, some of the WMA files are 128, some actually lower, but WMA compression of 128 sounds better than an MP3 of 128. In some rudimentary tests I did years ago when I wrote that article about the differences between the regular (standard) and audiophile versions, I thought the WMA files sounded closer to a quality comparable to 198. Perhaps others could comment.
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I agree, Matt.
I find the Windows WMA files better to listen to than MP3s.
When I write my songs, I always use the 'Ultrapak' version of BIAB because it is on my computer and this is how BIAB Audiophile version installs the program.
Then, when I want to create a final production, I work with the WAV files on the USB drive.
I can hear a difference between WMA and WAV with most instruments.
Because I'm getting old now, though, my ability to hear top end frequencies is fading, these days the difference between the two file-types is less noticeable than it used to be.
I always upload the Audiophile-derived end result to Soundcloud.
The upload is then automatically compressed to 256kbs AAC (~320 kbs mp3) as high quality streaming format (as far as I understand).
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Google results have some disgruntled people complaining that SoundCloud compresses all the way to 128.
Note: the OP (who has not yet returned) didn’t specify SoundCloud; I did. My point was that to compare fairly, demos of a BIAB song must be posted somewhere they won’t be compressed (and that’s not SoundCloud).
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Many moons ago, I ran extensive listening tests, comparing the different MP3 compression standards to the CDs I was ripping (44.1K/ 16 bit). I could hear slight differences between 192K .mp3 and CD .wav. Rates below 192K were obvious. 128K was terrible. 320K sounded like the CD to my ears. The only difference between 256K and 320K that I could hear was on a high-end home theater system with a really good subwoofer The 256K rips lost just a touch of really low end definition, but I really had to listen for it. On the other audio systems I tested on, the 256K rips sounded like the CD. Since there was a major file size increase between 256K and 320K, I ripped everything at 256K. With today's huge external SSDs, I'd have used 320K. But for streaming, I don't think anything over 256K would justify the increase in data.
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Google results have some disgruntled people complaining that SoundCloud compresses all the way to 128. A couple of years ago that was definitely the case. Nowadays, though, it looks like things are a bit different if a user uploads using a lossless format. This is what they currently have... https://help.soundcloud.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003452847-Uploading-requirements![[Linked Image - Only viewable when logged in]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=28425&filename=streaming HD from lossless format.jpg)
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Many moons ago, I ran extensive listening tests, comparing the different MP3 compression standards to the CDs I was ripping (44.1K/ 16 bit). I could hear slight differences between 192K .mp3 and CD .wav. Rates below 192K were obvious. 128K was terrible. 320K sounded like the CD to my ears. The only difference between 256K and 320K that I could hear was on a high-end home theater system with a really good subwoofer The 256K rips lost just a touch of really low end definition, but I really had to listen for it. On the other audio systems I tested on, the 256K rips sounded like the CD. Since there was a major file size increase between 256K and 320K, I ripped everything at 256K. With today's huge external SSDs, I'd have used 320K. But for streaming, I don't think anything over 256K would justify the increase in data. I did similar analysis when I started ripping my 1000+ cd collection. Settled on 320kpbs mp3's for phone/pad/car/etc. I quit thinking about the cost of storage 10 years ago. Its been all SSD since then for me. When I started producing tracks for performance I created them using .wav real tracks from biab (UltraPak) into my daw (Logic). I bounced the ouput of the daw project to 320kpbs mp3's. I use those 320kbps mp3's for performance. I use IOS software (Anytune) to play my tracks, build setlists, loopsections,control playback, etc. I own a variety of sound reinforcement gear (QSC, EV, Bose, JBL, Turbosound, etc). I mostly use a modeller (HX Stomp) nowadays vice a conventional guitar amp. The only reactions I've ever gotten on my tracks is people (musicians usually) commenting on the high quality. People have offered to pay me to make tracks for them.
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Like many threads here, you probably got more than you wanted. Did we answer your question?
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XPro & Xtra Styles PAKs Special Extended Until August 31st!
The XPro Styles PAKs and Xtra Styles PAKs special offers are now available until August 31st at 11:59pm PDT!
Ready to take your Band-in-a-Box® 2025 experience to the next level? Now’s the perfect time! Expand your style library with XPro and Xtra Styles PAKs—packed with a wide variety of genres to inspire your next musical creation.
What are XPro Styles and Xtra Styles PAKs?
XPro Styles PAKs are styles that work with any version (Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition) of Band-in-a-Box® 2025 (or higher). XPro Styles PAKS 1-9 includes 900 styles!
Xtra Styles PAKs are styles that work with the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box® 2025 (or higher). With over 3,500 styles (and 35 MIDI styles) included in Xtra Styles PAKs 1-20, the possibilities are endless!
Get the XPro Styles PAKs 1 - 9 for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea), or get them all in the XPro Styles PAK Bundle for only $149 (reg. $299)! Listen to demos and order now! For Windows or for Mac.
Note: XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2025 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.
Get Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 20 are on special for only $29 each (reg $49), or get all 19 PAKs for $199 (reg $399)! Listen to demos and order now! For Windows or for Mac.
Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 19 requires the 2025 or higher UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.
Don’t miss this chance to supercharge your Band-in-a-Box setup—at a great price!
Mac 2025 Special Upgrade Offers Extended Until August 15th!
It's not too late to upgrade to Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® and save! We've extended our special until August 15, 2025!
We've added many major new features to Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac®, including advanced AI tools like the amazing BB Stem Splitter and AI Lyrics Generator, as well as VST3 plugin support, and Equalize Temp. Plus, there’s a new one-stop MIDI Patches Picker with over 1,100 MIDI patches to choose from, all neatly categorized by GM numbers. The MultiPicker Library is enhanced with tabs for the SongPicker, MIDI Patch Picker, Chord Builder, AI Lyrics Generator, and Song Titles Browser, and the tabs are organized into logical groups. The Audiophile Edition is enhanced with FLAC files , which are 60% smaller than AIFF files while maintaining identical audio quality, and now ships on a fast 1TB SSD, and much more!
Check out all the new features in Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac® here:
Purchase your Band-in-a-Box® 2025 for Mac during our special to save up to 50% off your upgrade purchase and receive a FREE BONUS PAK of amazing new Add-ons. These include the 2025 RealCombos Booster PAK, Look Ma! More MIDI 13: Country & Americana, Instrumental Studies Set 22: 2-Hand Piano Soloing - Rhythm Changes, MIDI SuperTracks Set 44: Jazz Piano, Artist Performance Set 17: Songs with Vocals 7, Playable RealTracks Set 4, RealDrums Stems Set 7: Jazz with Mike Clark, and more!
Upgrade to the 2025 49-PAK for just $49 and add 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks and 20 RealStyles, FLAC Files for the 20 Bonus Unreleased RealTracks, Look Ma! More MIDI 14: SynthMaster, MIDI SuperTracks Set 45: More SynthMaster, Artist Performance Set 18: Songs with Vocals 8, and RealDrums Stems Set 8: Pop, Funk & More with Jerry Roe.
Learn more about the Bonus PAKs!
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