I'm pretty sure "most" sound hosting sites do in fact convert what you put up there down to 128kbs.

I have noticed an audible degradation of some of my mixes when uploaded and streamed from some of the sites. BUT.... I was also loading 128kbs to start with (back in the day) thinking they would not need to reprocess it. Wrong. Apparently, they convert everything regardless. So I started loading the highest quality files they would permit. In most cases, this is a 320kbs mp3. And yes, I could hear the difference in several aspects of the music.

In the one example, I noticed what sounded like a phased sound on the piano from a 128kbs upload. After reloading with a 320kbs upload, the phasing was gone and the song sounded relatively decent.

I hear the talking points about limited bandwidth.... BUT.... we're talking about 41kbs audio..... really? Somehow, amazingly, it's not a problem to stream a 4K UHD video with multi-channel surround sound audio, but somehow they have problems streaming 41kbs audio? Huh? Give me a break. They have a valid point if they're complaining about storage space on servers..... but I don't hear them making that argument.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 11/12/18 05:47 AM.
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