Thread: Hi help needed on a noticeable difference between mp3 and wav!

There are a lot folks on here who are better qualified to answer this. But, what I want to know is how (what program) are you using to convert the wav to MP3?
And, what bitrate are you converting to. I think a lot of MP3s are at 128kb. Which you will hear "artifacts" in the sound. If you can raise the bitrate up it will definitely help.
I usually convert wav files to MP3 at 320kb. They really do sound better at a higher bitrate.
If you can, give that a try and see what you think.

Hi I am using Audition to convert it to mp3. It is 320 kbps. The part of the file that has more prominent noise is at http://www.skivamusic.com/mods/11.mp3

This noise is not present in the wav. I dont know if it is clipping noise, it should not be.

Originally Posted by djbolly

Its been several years my working on music but I am able to do some better mixing now.

I mixed a session onto a wav file today.

It played fine.

I converted it into an mp3 and found some bass distortion and bass-kind noise.

Interestingly the EQ on mp3 wouldnt fix it. Since it was spread through the freq band!

Even if I would use high pass eq, cut down all bass and even mid, I could hear the distortion.

This distortion does not exist in the wav file.

I have uploaded the sample to
http://www.skivamusic.com/mods/11.mp3

Would be great if someone can help and tell in what stuff could get distorted in mp3 when converting from wav


Thanks a lot!
DJB

How hot (loud) was this mix?

I'm not real familiar with Audition, but that shouldn't matter. I wonder if the bassy parts in that section are over driving the outputs.

YIKES, WARNING!!!!!!!! damn near blew my monitors!

Your bass is way over produced.

Thanks a lot all who replied, yes I am going to check my track for two things, loudness and overproduced bass. I was using a softer bass earlier and switched to FL Slayer bass which sounded powerful. Thanks again,

Cutting off the sub-bass (<80) from the bass track removed it. thanks again,

Strangely enough, I didn't hear the distortion but I think this is due to my monitor's inherent inability to reproduce anything below 100 Hz.