Bartholomeus
New Member
Edit: perhaps I should have posted this under Newbie Questions. If so, feel free to move it.
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In the past I've put some music on Soundcloud. Now, I am not an audiophile at all, but the quality of the stream was just horrendous, strange warbling and clipping that definitely wasn't part of the files I uploaded. So much audible distortion was introduced that I was very hesitant of sharing links to those tracks with anyone.
Then I looked at Youtube, but it's essentially just as bad: 128kb/s, unless your video or channel draws lots and lots of traffic.
But still, perhaps it doesn't sound too bad right? So I gave it a shot and uploaded a track and listened back to the stream. It sounded horrible: weird compression pumping and overall much duller sounding than the uploaded file.
So, what website do you recommend for promoting your music? Is hosting the files on your own server/website the only option if you want acceptable quality streams?
Thanks!
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In the past I've put some music on Soundcloud. Now, I am not an audiophile at all, but the quality of the stream was just horrendous, strange warbling and clipping that definitely wasn't part of the files I uploaded. So much audible distortion was introduced that I was very hesitant of sharing links to those tracks with anyone.
Then I looked at Youtube, but it's essentially just as bad: 128kb/s, unless your video or channel draws lots and lots of traffic.
But still, perhaps it doesn't sound too bad right? So I gave it a shot and uploaded a track and listened back to the stream. It sounded horrible: weird compression pumping and overall much duller sounding than the uploaded file.
So, what website do you recommend for promoting your music? Is hosting the files on your own server/website the only option if you want acceptable quality streams?
Thanks!
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