No. But I'm glad to see you noticed that. I trimmed the first few samples so the two sources would be aligned. The output from the new tool may be truncating a bit off the beginning. I noticed this while just previewing and skipping from track to track in foobar as well. An audible click/pop at the beginning. I am not at home currently to verify, but I'm willing to bet many of these are starting from a non-zero sample value and that would lead me to believe they're slightly truncated.Look like files you sent me are very close to bit perfect. But your V3.1 rip gathered from your previously posted link:
https://mega.nz/#!dZ1hXDiD!8rBQhyPtLPjI ... QQOqs0VEiQ
Is different from both files you provided me just now.
Did you newly record it?
I'm sorry but this is just getting so frustrating... Everything you've said within this block of text is either wrong, unfounded, or irrelevant. What's important here is that both files are identical (up until the last 682 bytes, as previously mentioned) - not just in waveform shape or spectral analysis, but on a binary level. It is literally impossible for them to be sonically different, different in volume... different in ANY way. Sample for sample they are exactly the same.Yeah. Especially seing that noise above 16kHz...
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... It's just an effect of various plugins with the same settings.
Nice. I'll have a listen to this tonight. I didn't realize you were putting together a "best from every version" style soundtrack. I'm looking forward to it.PS. Long time ago you asked about missing R2 Top of The World track. It's done
More of your fuzzy logic that makes conversing with you difficult. ANY sample/bit rate conversion will have either no impact, or negative impact on the resulting output. No matter what - it cannot be magically reconstituted and transformed into something greater than its source. I understand that perhaps they may sound better to you, but that doesn't mean quality has actually improved. I am reminded of the "Mr. Smiley" analogy by Hunchman801 a few years ago. We're beating a dead horse here.Source file was 16 bit, but FLAC was encoded at float 32 bit... etc.
Having said that, Droolie's discovery of the TT DVD is just... incredible. Whether downmixed to 2.0 or listening on a nice 5.1 home theater setup, it's amazing. There are a lot of tracks too. It's unfortunate that they're not ALL there... but it's still a great collection, and without a doubt the best sounding source available for those tracks.