tracks for testing audio processing

[emil]

Mod Edit: i thought this idea was so good, it deserved it's own thread.  stickied too.   please post your tracklists for testing purposes.


I want to recomend a test for all the preset developers!

RIHANNA  - don`t stop the music & unfaithfull are 2 tracks that reveal distorsions.

[DJ FA]

Good idea ! 

[davidb]

Good Idea!

Shakespear's Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) (One of a kind - highs, piano, expander in the game, bass, compression and volume variations)
Joe Cocker - Up Where We Belong (Differences beetwen volume)
Al Corley - Square Rooms (mid tone drums - splashy)
Timbaland Feat. OneRepublic - Apologize (bass area mostly at the begining)
Mika - Happy Ending (highs on voices)
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (interesting to test it)
Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere (Powerfull production, it's good te hear how flat it will be in the end)
Level 42 - Lessons In Love (overall adjustment)
U2 - Vertigo (Guitar on left channel will confuse your SS2.0 - or not)
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Classic - channel (L/R), vocal and everything else, amazing. Try it!)

This is just few of them. Maybe later I'll post ten more. When you are testing it's better to test older songs, cause sometimes production was way behind than it's today (It was not so loud and compressed). Differences will be much more earlier noticeable. Just my opinion.

Regards.

[digitaljunky]

Hi.

For leveling i always use " U2 - With Or Without You " give it a try.
And please keep the music format in mind for the preset

GReetz Dj.

[greatstart]

These are some of the tracks I use to test the new plugins:

Ace - How Long
Elton John - Funeral for a Friend
Harry Nilsson - Without You
Pink Floyd - Breathe-Time
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

As you can tell, I like the 1970's. Back then, most FM stations had simple analog audio processing. So those songs actually sound much better on the air today then they did 30+ years ago! Give them a try if you have those tracks, and be sure to use 192khz mp3s.

[davidb]

Some more tracks:

Brand New Heavies - Aparently Nothing
Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Leona Lewis - Footprints In The Sand
James Blunt - Carry You Home
Basshunter - Now You're Gone
Train - Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)
Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned
Magnum - Start Talking Love

This is it! 

[Omnia6]

Pnk Floyd - Breathe
Earth Wind & Fire - Lets Groove
Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
No Doubt - Don't speak

They all have to be full quality .wavs also for me....

[Pioneer]

MY FAVORITE TRACKS TO ADJUST

1. RIHANNA - Don't Stop The Music...
2. JAMES BLUNT - 1973
3. SODA STEREO - Disco Eterno
4. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Como me duele perderte.
5. MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller, Billie Jean
6. CRIAG CHAQUICO - Luminosa
7. BOB JAMES - Mind games

[emil]

portished - machine gun

test for highs and bass

[chickenp0x]

Try this track.
(almost?) Every preset posted on this site FAILS miserably, with horrible clipping.

Download here (MP3/192kbps/44kHz/~800KB)

[jesseg]

SS2, my "Mass Murderer" preset
http://ictybtihky.com/ss2/demos/cliptst_mass_murderer.flac

Breakaway, a variant of my "Jill FM" preset
http://ictybtihky.com/ss2/demos/cliptst_Breakaway_Jill_FM_DAB_Max.flac


SS2 has always had a problem with clipping in the low midrange area.  Why do you think I have to setup such a flawless level of control (in relation to the clipper, not how i want it to sound) over that in my SS2 presets.    Mass Murderer is actually louder (on the loud parts) than that Breakaway preset, but I have Breakaway presets that SS2 can never touch until the clipper is fixed.

If the SS2 clipper was fixed, and placed AFTER the pre-emphases...  it could actually be a formidable processor even for FM radio.  Notice how much I had to keep off the SS2 clippers, and how much better peak control is for Breakaway because of that.

[luis+]

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[Mr. Xang]

It's not that simple... @ least not to me. Consider these broad range of variables that S. S. has to deal with. 1) Era, time or date of the recording [20's, 50's, 90's...]. 2) Budget & place of the recording which might give you an idea of... 3) Equipment used [from ribbon, ceramic & diaphragm mikes to wire, tape, acetate, ADAT & digital recording mediums]. 4) Musical & artist styles. 5) Recording environment [live, studio, garage/bath/alley, club & their related acoustics]. 6) Engineering & production values. 7) The reproduction equipment & the best use of it [here's where S. S. plays a key factor]. #8- Mass media distribution formats [short wave, AM, FM, TV, records, mp2/3/4..., .wav, CD/DVD, etc.]. 9) End user's re-reproduction equipment [radio, TV, PA, i-pod, computer, speakers, etc]. Add to this the human equation & there's no end to the complexity of this theme. For months I tried to come up with a S. S. setup that could address the vast differences in my preferred musical styles & @ the end the scientific method triumphed unequivocally. Here's how I did it. Feed an audio signal generator with white, pink noise & pure tone pulses to Line-In 1.8. Monitored & measured these signals with a multi-channel oscilloscope & 2 spectrum analyzers (after the generator & the scope). Adjusted Sound Solution for a flat frequency response & optimal frequency band/tone rise/fall timing (my scope is able to chart record & playback in slow motion these pulses, but you can use a chart recorder & there's a white noise plug-in download for Winamp). These measurements & adjustments gave me a reference point base to further fine tune S. S. I explained this method a while ago in the spanish section of the forum with greater detail (read way too long!!!) & it looks that if I continue it will end up the same way. Later I'll post my settings again in "inglich" & the recordings I use to confirm my deafness, but for now I will like to see if anyone has done the same "experiment" that, by the way; sounds very similar to Alessandro's default settings. Please don't judge me antagonistic or critical of your choice of music for testings & settings, but in my own experience...one day the Beach Boys bass sounds like a rubber band in a shoe box & adjusted S. S. Next day a djembe drum sounded like an empty motor oil can & adjusted S. S. again. A few hours later Duke Ellington's piano sounded to me not loud enough. Next day Tito Puente's timbales, Carmine Appice & Keith Moon drumsets sounds like thick wet cardboard & reggaeton vocals sounds really flat (actually...they are)...tweak S. S. again. So I needed to convince my subjective ears with a conclusive, objective & logical determination. Or was the varying amounts of earwax in my ear each day?. Over & out...Mr Xang.