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Title: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: jeremy3220 on December 18, 2007, 01:28:42 PM
I've been using soundclick but I recently tried uploading a song and it sounded awful. I want it to sound true to the original file... any suggestions??
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: Blue in VT on December 18, 2007, 04:10:48 PM
I use putfile and have been quite happy with them....

Cheers,

Blue
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: rockstar_not on December 19, 2007, 08:24:08 AM
Quote from: jeremy3220 on December 18, 2007, 01:28:42 PM
I've been using soundclick but I recently tried uploading a song and it sounded awful. I want it to sound true to the original file... any suggestions??

Then something went wrong that normally doesn't go wrong.  Soundclick doesn't re-sample the songs - at least it hasn't in the past.  Soundclick is a decent option for a single site to host your songs and also let you post a little biographical information as well.

Other places:

www.box.net

www.kara-moon.com


-Scott
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: jeremy3220 on December 19, 2007, 10:34:10 AM
Quote from: rockstar_not on December 19, 2007, 08:24:08 AM
Then something went wrong that normally doesn't go wrong.  Soundclick doesn't re-sample the songs - at least it hasn't in the past.  Soundclick is a decent option for a single site to host your songs and also let you post a little biographical information as well.

I tried it twice and got the same effect. It didn't sound a little off, it sounded like a totally different recording. I wonder if it has anything to do with converting from 32bit/48khz to mp3, maybe I should have gone to 16 bit first. I'll try messing with the file or some of the sites mentioned.
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: Queequeg on December 19, 2007, 10:45:37 AM
I use PutFile but I have to admit, it is butt-ugly. I once saw it listed among the aesthetically worst websites (seriously). But it works pretty well most of the time & you can slug in a little bio info if you want.
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: rockstar_not on December 23, 2007, 11:18:40 PM
Quote from: jeremy3220 on December 19, 2007, 10:34:10 AM
I tried it twice and got the same effect. It didn't sound a little off, it sounded like a totally different recording. I wonder if it has anything to do with converting from 32bit/48khz to mp3, maybe I should have gone to 16 bit first. I'll try messing with the file or some of the sites mentioned.

You didn't try to upload a 32bit 48 kHz recording directly to Soundclick, did you?

I would use a native to your computer piece of software to convert first to .mp3 (minimum 128 kbps) then upload that file to Soundclick.

If it has an in-line converter, yeah it probably had no idea what to do with the doubled bit depth.

-Scott
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: jeremy3220 on December 24, 2007, 12:37:37 AM
Quote from: rockstar_not on December 23, 2007, 11:18:40 PM
You didn't try to upload a 32bit 48 kHz recording directly to Soundclick, did you?

I would use a native to your computer piece of software to convert first to .mp3 (minimum 128 kbps) then upload that file to Soundclick.

If it has an in-line converter, yeah it probably had no idea what to do with the doubled bit depth.

-Scott

No I went 32bit/48KHz to 128kbps then to soundclick.

I should have replied cause I dithered down to 16bit/44.1khz then mp3 then to soundclick and that worked ok, which is the version you hear in my other thread.

Go here and you can listen to both versions. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=480726

Listen to 'WBB' first.

'Whiskey Before Breakfast' is the good (16bit/44.1k) version and 'WBB' is the original one that sounds so weird. I swear these are the same recording.
Title: Re: Free Mp3 Hosting site suggestions
Post by: Ghosting on December 31, 2007, 03:58:06 PM
I've used soundclick, mp3.com, and myspace.  Lately I've pretty much been using myspace, because most of the folks I want to share with are there.  The only problem is that you can only put up six songs at a time.