Silver Member Username: BoomtankRochester, NY USA Post Number: 344 Registered: Oct-06 | So i heard that song bay bay by hurricane chris and downloaded it cause it hits nice in my car. put it on a cd and hit doesn't hit for crap. anyone know why this is... |
Gold Member Username: Crayola0Future 15 Wanger!!, Wisconsin Post Number: 2048 Registered: Jun-06 | ya its a G@y song so it wont bump as hard...lol |
Gold Member Username: Skibum12189Cleveland Post Number: 1315 Registered: Mar-06 | When I Holler Ay Bay Bay I Finna Get My Groove On It's So Hot Up In Da Club Dat I Ain't Got No Shoes On |
Platinum Member Username: BestmankindSOUND SPLINTER RL-S ON... Post Number: 14767 Registered: Oct-05 | yeah i noticed that some songs hit harder on the radio than on cd. for me that song called "party like a rock star". i downloaded it and it hits pretty hard but when i hear it on the radio, it hits lower. |
Silver Member Username: KapreseWalstonburg, NC USA Post Number: 372 Registered: Mar-07 | Catch me with a big stack in some rubberbands don't ask me for money cause I ain't dat otha man |
Silver Member Username: Thumpinwith8s2 RE8s,PG Xenon 400.1, New Numbers ... Post Number: 643 Registered: Jun-07 | ha, most of my CD's are louder than the radio, just noticed that the other day White boys, gangsters in the club ay bay bay |
Silver Member Username: FearthisskyyDallas, Texas United states Post Number: 375 Registered: Apr-07 | i always wanted to know why this happens... my radio puts out boomier/lower bass then when they're on CD, but the quality of the song is horrible |
Silver Member Username: Spivey17323Dunellen, New jersey United states Post Number: 311 Registered: Jun-07 | yea my radio does too... |
Gold Member Username: PitbullguyAscendant Audio Arsenals, Chicago Ima graffiti... Post Number: 1658 Registered: Oct-06 | Since we're on the topic of that hurricane chris song...yesterday at work i had to carry a buncha stuff that this old lady bought, out to her car for her. When i got out there i saw her bobbing her head in her car, she motioned for me to put the stuff in the backseat and when i opened the door she had "AY BAY BAY" blasting loud as phuck! It sounded like she musta had a sub in the trunk too, maybe it was her grandkids car or something but still, she was jammin hard. I lol'd for like 10 minutes. |
Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22sIm just light up my...... Post Number: 2616 Registered: Feb-06 | hahahahahahhahah funny, dumbass |
Silver Member Username: Thumpinwith8s2 RE8s,PG Xenon 400.1, New Numbers ... Post Number: 647 Registered: Jun-07 | ay bay bay>good baseline, but terrible song |
Gold Member Username: PitbullguyAscendant Audio Arsenals, Chicago Ima graffiti... Post Number: 1659 Registered: Oct-06 | agreed wolfy. |
Silver Member Username: YukhuiMyrtle Beach, South Carolina USA Post Number: 610 Registered: Jan-06 | Don't .mp3 files have some of the upper and lower ends shaved off? |
Gold Member Username: JakeyplaysbassSt. Louis, MO Post Number: 1916 Registered: Jul-05 | mp3 files and the radio suck for quality. |
Bronze Member Username: DadydolasPost Number: 82 Registered: Mar-06 | taht could be a good reason if the cd's are burnt and not bought |
Silver Member Username: TatonkaPost Number: 740 Registered: Mar-07 | Its becuase the quality of the song you downlaoded and burned was horrible. When you download a song, make sure the bitrate is 128kbs MINIMUM. Songs with lower quality than that generally has the bass f*cked up. |
Bronze Member Username: EvoixmrPost Number: 49 Registered: Aug-07 | It depends on burn quality and download bitrate. Try taking a normal cd and burning a copy and see which plays true, if they sound the same the burn quality is ok(if not try burning at a lower speed.) BTW, if youre downloading from limewire it wont matter what the bitrate is it will always sound like shyt. |
Gold Member Username: Livin_loudDo Work Fi Audio Post Number: 1826 Registered: Jan-06 | ^ Brad knows the goods having to do with mp3 files and such. im pretty sure mp3 files sound just as good as any other, unless the BR is too low at one time i noticed songs on the radio sounded better than ones i dl'd or were off cd, and its because they edit them to be more radio friendly. most stations sound good now (hd radio or w.e) except if you don't get good reception with it |
Platinum Member Username: BestmankindSOUND SPLINTER RL-S ON... Post Number: 14768 Registered: Oct-05 | i am just simply saying why does the bass sound lower when played on radio? the quality i get from my ipod or cd is much better than radio but the bass seems lower when i hear it through the radio. not all the songs but that song "party like a rock star". the bass frequency is high when i play it off of my ipod. i know since i downloaded it isn't the best quality. the music part still sounds better than the radio but bass isn't as low. someone shed some light on this matter for me. thanks in advance. chadleeisthebest |
Silver Member Username: TejcurrentPost Number: 200 Registered: Apr-07 | Like someone said, they shave some of the lower and higher end off to save space. Try downloading a 256kb version or higher and see if it still does it. Any time I buy the cd it always has better low end than the radio, but downloaded versions sound like crap. |
Silver Member Username: TatonkaPost Number: 744 Registered: Mar-07 | Not all Downloaded versions sound like crap. I use IRC to download complete cds at a time, and they are always EXACT copies.Sounds just as good as the orginal. |
Silver Member Username: LuisdelbronxBronx, NY USA Post Number: 175 Registered: Jan-06 | i donno if its just me..i noticed lower quality songs have lots off bass but the mids and highs sound like crap..i noticed this in my car and in my house where i use cerwin vega d-7's as computer speakers...thats not to say that high quality songs dont have good bass...but i did notice with the song "walk it out", on one mp3 it has noooo bass but its 160kbps and 44.1khz yet another mp3 of the same quality and has great bass...i guess it has to do with the program they use to encode it... I think radio songs have better bass because they are like 32khz i think..but dont take my word for it...i just say that because when you go to encode a mp3 it says 32khz is radio quality and 44.1khz is cd quality... I hooked up my phone once to my car because it had mp3s i didnt have on a cd, and it rang and the low quality ringtone had LOTSS of bass that scared the crap outta me..the ringtone was encoded at 8kbps and 8khz 8bit mono |
Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamicSan Diego Post Number: 2657 Registered: Dec-06 | Radio stations compress the dynamic range of the audio signal heavily so that the overall apparent level of the music seems higher and more uniform on all different types of radios and listening situations. They do this for two reasons. One is so that the signal can fit inside the limits of the broadcast signal and two is so that they can get right up to the peak volume that is allowed by the FCC and hold it there so that when you change stations on your radio their station "jumps" out at you and you listen for awhile. They also use what is called a brick wall limiter to insure that the signal never jumps over a pre-determined max level. Ever notice how commercials on TV are way louder than the actual shows? They do this for the same reason as radio does... to get your attention, and make every word more legible. When audio is compressed it takes on a pumped up quality because the peaks are reduced and the lower level signals are boosted and the result is that every note in the frequency range is uniform and at the same volume. When this is translated by a high level car system like Chad's, the overall affect is louder, deeper, more even bass level. In music and recording, compression is used extensively to even out the level of the strings on a bass guitar, produce a pumped up, even sounding vocal with no peaks or low levels, and to make a guitar soar with sustain and to get those chunky in-your-face riffs. It is also used on drums for the same reasons. |
Silver Member Username: B3n07Louisville, Ky USA Post Number: 145 Registered: Jul-07 | does anyone know of any programs that you can download to raise how many Kb the song is |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Southeast PA Post Number: 3200 Registered: Jul-06 | Two reasons for this, one is that radio stations EQ the signal and make other adjustments (Brad pretty much covered that one) And the other thing is you FM tuner. Look in the specs for your HU for the frequency response range of the FM tuner. A lot of them don't go lower than 40 hz or so. So you wouldn't hear bass lower than that. |
Silver Member Username: Goodie_goopMidland, Texas U.S. Post Number: 701 Registered: Oct-06 | all i know is i get barely any bass from the radio but then i pop in a cd and its night and day no matter what song |
Silver Member Username: Kpa2727Post Number: 532 Registered: May-07 | i have a feeling it's distortion in compression and on another noter u could have the sla aka source level audio turned down on the cd and up on the radio. what i was thinking about distortion is the song hits harder at a lower bit rate do to it being so low quality chunks off the sudio have been shaved off produceing a different frequency do to distortion. |
Gold Member Username: Skibum12189Cleveland Post Number: 1338 Registered: Mar-06 | When I Holler Ay Bay Bay I Finna Get My Groove On It's So Hot Up In Da Club Dat I Ain't Got No Shoes On |
Silver Member Username: Goodie_goopMid town, Texas U.S. Post Number: 702 Registered: Oct-06 | my headunit is an $80 jvc POS that was in my ride when i got it and i dont have money to get a new one...it doesnt have barely any settings |
Silver Member Username: Moey_gSydneyAustralia Post Number: 107 Registered: Oct-06 | Ben, once a song has lost its quality you cannot get it back. When you decrease the bit rate, you lose parts of the file. If you try to raise the bit rate, your trying to bring back pieces of the file that are simply not there. (If what i said makes any sense lol) |