Hmmm. Those links are pretty "discutable". Telling that 128kbps is OK for mobile and/or non critical material like rock or heavy metal seems to me completely false: have you never heard "swiiiiiiish" in the hi hats of such productions when using low bitrate mp3 (in which I include 128kbps)?

By the way, mp3 works on psycho-acoustics, and is based on the concept of masking frequencies, so using a spectral view to explain that the frequency content is or is not there is a non-sense when the principle lies on the fact that those frequencies wouldn't have been "heard" in the real world when positionned after certain other frequencies.

And I don't think "sacrifying" low and high ends means that low and high ends aren't present, it just means that they are altered, and that you can't check with a spectral view.

Still, I suggest using flac, bandcamp does accept that file format.

There is no significant effect of MP3 encoing bitrate on low end frequency.

https://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/pm/MP3-128k.htm
https://www.mp3-tech.org/tests/pm/MP3-160k.htm

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Be <be.0@gmx.com> wrote:

Soundcloud uses 128 kbps MP3, so extreme highs and lows will be sacrificed. If you want to distribute your tracks as you hear them when you're making them, make them available as lossless downloads. Bandcamp is a good option for that.

On 09/27/2017 11:09 PM, jonetsu wrote:

Hello,

This is a fast-paced 'organic techno' (of sorts) synth track.  It was
fun to mix.

https://soundcloud.com/nominal6/too-late-for-goodbyes

Unfortunately the bass was mostly eaten by soundcloud.  Almost sounds
AM-like. I'll have to figure this one out when mixing: why is the bass
largely diminished on soundcloud and how to compensate, if possible,
for this.

Cheers.
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