catalog number |
artistic details |
technical information |
replaygain value (short sample) |
replaygain value (full track) |
link |
artificial and electronic samples |
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A01 |
(artificial) |
micro impulses |
-3.51 dB |
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A02 |
(artificial) |
micro impulses (stronger) |
+5.77 dB |
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A03 |
(artificial) |
very strong and short impulses |
-1.44 dB |
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A04 |
(artificial) |
micro impulses |
-3.57 dB |
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A05 |
(artificial: electronic) |
electronic - tonal part and micro-details |
-2.97 dB |
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chamber music on modern instruments |
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E01 |
percussion & trombones |
detailed recording of trombones (micro impulses) |
+1.75 dB |
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E02 |
string quartet |
pizzicatti |
+0.94 dB |
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E03 |
string quartet |
noisy recording |
-1.22 dB |
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E04 |
string quartet |
a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass) |
-1.65 dB |
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E05 |
string quartet |
short impulses |
+6.00 dB |
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E06 |
string quartet |
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-1.46 dB |
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E07 |
wind octet |
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+5.48 dB |
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E08 |
percussive instruments |
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+2.63 dB |
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E09 |
string quartet & clarinet |
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-0.44 dB |
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E10 |
clarinet, guitar and other |
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+4.21 dB |
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E11 |
rattle |
micro impulses |
+14.55 dB |
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E12 |
piano & flute |
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-5.81 dB |
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E13 |
cello & piano |
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-0.22 dB |
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E14 |
trio (violin, cello & piano) |
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-2.02 dB |
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E15 |
oboes, horns & bassoons |
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-5.95 dB |
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orchestral music on modern instruments |
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E16 |
brass and wind instruments |
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+1.41 dB |
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E17 |
wind, cymbal and percussion |
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-2.02 dB |
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E18 |
wind, brass, cymbals and strings |
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+4.15 dB |
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E19 |
brass |
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+2.28 dB |
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E20 |
strings and clarinet |
quiet moment |
+25.89 dB |
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E21 |
strings (pizzicati) & winds |
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+13.67 dB |
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E22 |
strings |
noisy recording |
+10.96 dB |
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E23 |
full orchestra + triangle |
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-1.01 dB |
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E24 |
strings and wind instruments |
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+10.81 dB |
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E25 |
full orchestra + percussion |
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-2.96 dB |
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E26 |
brass and percussive instruments |
useful for preecho |
+7.27 dB |
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E27 |
clarinet and percussions |
useful for preecho |
+18.30 dB |
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E28 |
cymbal and percussive instruments |
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-2.72 dB |
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E29 |
piano and percussive instruments |
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+3.16 dB |
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E30 |
solo violin and full orchestra |
detailed recording (second half) |
-1.09 dB |
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chamber music on period instruments |
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E31 |
violin, harpsichord and cello |
a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass) |
+0.27 dB |
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E32 |
strings |
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-5.13 dB |
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E33 |
drums and chinese flute |
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+1.63 dB |
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E34 |
two flutes |
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+3.93 dB |
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E35 |
flute and harpsichord |
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-2.66 dB |
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E36 |
bagpipe and guitar |
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+2.89 dB |
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E37 |
pianoforte and violin |
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+1.62 dB |
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E38 |
string quartet |
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+0.68 dB |
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E39 |
guitars and percussion |
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+7.24 dB |
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E40 |
pianoforte, cello and violin |
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-1.66 dB |
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E41 |
gambas |
tonal and textured |
+0.30 dB |
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E42 |
violin and continuo (theorbo or lute) |
tonal |
+2.92 dB |
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E43 |
strings and continuo |
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+2.23 dB |
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E44 |
cello and continuo |
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+10.20 dB |
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E45 |
violin and harpsichord |
a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass) |
-2.87 dB |
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orchestral music on period instruments |
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E46 |
small orchestra with brass |
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+9.49 dB |
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E47 |
violins & percussions with continuo |
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+3.41 dB |
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E48 |
violins |
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-0.75 dB |
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E49 |
horns |
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-1.04 dB |
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E50 |
trombone and strings |
micro impulses (trombone) |
-0.94 dB |
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E51 |
full orchestra |
complex orchestra |
-4.35 dB |
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E52 |
full and rich orchestra |
micro impulse |
-2.61 dB |
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E53 |
mandolins, lutes and theorbo |
good for testing smearing |
+6.16 dB |
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E54 |
full and boomy orchestra |
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-2.41 dB |
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E55 |
full orchestra |
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+3.64 dB |
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E56 |
orchestra with bells |
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-2.90 dB |
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E57 |
« tambourin » |
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+1.06 dB |
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E58 |
full orchestra, with flute and cymbals |
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-4.75 dB |
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E59 |
string orchestra with continuo |
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-1.49 dB |
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E60 |
harpsichord and strings |
|
-0.63 dB |
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SOLOIST INSTRUMENTS |
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S01 |
cello |
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+6.06 dB |
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S02 |
cello |
detailed recording of cello |
+6.16 dB |
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S03 |
cello |
grain is perfectly recorded |
+8.92 dB |
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S04 |
erhu |
tonal and harmonic sound |
+5.31 dB |
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S05 |
gamba |
transparent recording of gamba |
+3.72 dB |
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S06 |
viola |
|
+0.34 dB |
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S07 |
baroque violin |
|
-1.03 dB |
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S08 |
violin |
|
+1.23 dB |
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S09 |
violin |
tonal moment |
+12.99 dB |
|
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S10 |
clavichord |
quiet and noisy |
+15.55 dB |
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S11 |
harpsichord |
reverberated recording |
+9.53 dB |
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S12 |
harpsichord |
transparent and sharp; beautiful instrument |
+4.25 dB |
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S13 |
harpsichord |
|
-2.14 dB |
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S14 |
harpsichord |
hurry |
-3.60 dB |
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S15 |
harpsichord |
sharp, meditative recording (useful for preecho) |
+6.22 dB |
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S16 |
harpsichord |
sharp and reverberated recording |
+4.23 dB |
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S17 |
organ |
textured and complex sound (second part) |
+6.88 dB |
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S18 |
organ |
quiet and tonal moment |
+8.00 dB |
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S19 |
organ |
tonal |
+6.02 dB |
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S20 |
organ |
“full orchestra” organ |
-3.66 dB |
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S21 |
organ |
detailed and complex |
+16.46 dB |
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S22 |
organ |
highly tonal |
+12.14 dB |
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S23 |
piano |
details in the background (creaking chair...) |
+4.89 dB |
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S24 |
piano |
|
-4.60 dB |
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S25 |
piano |
quiet and slightly noisy recording |
+11.95 dB |
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S26 |
piano |
even quieter but transparent (no noise) |
+14.53 dB |
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S27 |
piano |
|
-1.01 dB |
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S28 |
piano |
reverberated recording |
+1.75 dB |
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S29 |
pianoforte |
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+5.56 dB |
|
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S30 |
accordion |
highly tonal moment |
+10.73 dB |
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S31 |
accordion |
micro-impulses |
+16.72 dB |
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S32 |
accordion |
tonal sample (second part) |
+2.04 dB |
|
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S33 |
Glockenspiel |
attacks at low volume (useful for pre-echo/ringing) |
+24.29 dB |
|
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S34 |
glassharmonica |
weird instrument (tonal and detailed) |
-4.11 dB |
|
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S35 |
maracas |
micro-impulse |
-0.09 dB |
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S36 |
marimbas |
attacks (useful for pre-echo) |
-2.65 dB |
|
|
S37 |
Martenot Waves |
very weird instrument (very tonal, no masking) |
-0.96 dB |
|
|
S38 |
baroque 10-cords guitar |
reverberated and nice recording |
-1.62 dB |
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S39 |
guitar |
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+11.07 dB |
|
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S40 |
guitar |
noisy recording |
-0.36 dB |
|
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S41 |
guitar |
|
+10.11 dB |
|
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S42 |
harp |
quiet recording |
+11.55 dB |
|
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S43 |
theorbo |
|
-1.12 dB |
|
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S44 |
bagpipe |
highly tonal |
+10.04 dB |
|
|
S45 |
bassoon |
tonal and micro short impulses |
-3.14 dB |
|
|
S46 |
bassclarinet |
tonal and micro details |
-0.42 dB |
|
|
S47 |
clarinet |
highly tonal (second part) |
+0.89 dB |
|
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S48 |
clarinet |
background events |
+4.61 dB |
|
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S49 |
flute |
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+2.73 dB |
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S50 |
piccolo |
highly tonal (beginning) |
-1.00 dB |
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S51 |
recorder |
slightly noisy recording |
-5.87 dB |
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S52 |
oboe |
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+7.31 dB |
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S53 |
saxophone |
detailed and highly tonal passage |
-1.53 dB |
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S54 |
trombone |
micro-details |
+3.50 dB |
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S55 |
trumpet |
micro-impulses |
+0.78 dB |
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VOCAL MUSIC (solist, chorus, plain-chant...) |
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V01 |
|
|
-0.85 dB |
|
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V02 |
|
|
-4.38 dB |
|
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V03 |
|
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+28.39 dB |
|
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V04 |
|
|
-0.70 dB |
|
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V05 |
|
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-4.86 dB |
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V06 |
|
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-5.08 dB |
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V07 |
|
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-4.78 dB |
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V08 |
|
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-10.09 dB |
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V09 |
|
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-2.70 dB |
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V10 |
|
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+2.13 dB |
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V11 |
|
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+10.62 dB |
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V12 |
|
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+0.91 dB |
|
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V13 |
|
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-2.56 dB |
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V14 |
|
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+2.18 dB |
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V15 |
|
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-1.79 dB |
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V16 |
|
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+2.94 dB |
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V17 |
|
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+6.97 dB |
|
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V18 |
|
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+8.46 dB |
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V19 |
|
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+13.55 dB |
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|
V20 |
|
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-0.80 dB |
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V21 |
|
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-6.56 dB |
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V22 |
|
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-1.14 dB |
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V23 |
|
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-0.50 dB |
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V24 |
|
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-8.50 dB |
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V25 |
|
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+6.09 dB |
|
|
V26 |
|
|
-4.33 dB |
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V27 |
|
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+3.79 dB |
|
|
V28 |
|
|
+5.10 dB |
|
|
V29 |
|
|
+1.99 dB |
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|
V30 |
|
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+2.69 dB |
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All samples are losslessly encoded with WavPack
(supported by several transcoding tools: foobar2000, VUPlayer, Winamp, dBPowerAmp, MediaMonkey, and many others...)
tested bitrate |
tested formats |
date |
link |
~80 kbps |
MP3 — HE-AAC — LC-AAC — Vorbis — WMA |
july 2005 |
here (english) |
~96 kbps |
AAC — MP3 — MPC — Vorbis — WMA |
august 2005 |
here (french) |
~130 kbps |
MP3 LAME |
september 2005 |
here (english) |
130...135 kbps |
AAC (iTunes, Nero Digital) — MP3 (LAME) — Vorbis (aoTuV) |
november 2005 |
here (english) |