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May 13, 2008 - 12:33pm
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Cantus "Cantus" -- is anyone else having problems?
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Have it tried through some speakers? Even crummy computer ones. If it's actually on the disc you'll know it right away.
It isn't on the master nor on the pressed CDs. However, the footstomps on this track (not drums) do peak at 0dBFS (without clipping). I just checked the master file on my laptop and it was fine. I would have suspected that your DAC overloads with this signal, except that you used 3 different ones. Are you sure you are not just hearing the slapping sound of the footstomps?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Foot stomps, eh? I guess, then, that the strong periodic nature of the waveform (~80Hz) must have been the fundamental resonance of the stage! I'll listen again with that in mind and see if I can convince myself that the "hash" is actually caused by lots of not-too-tiny feet. Maybe the singers just got "rattled".
I did try scaling the track (using Audacity) by -6dB and -12dB and found that the sound in question did not change in nature or relative level. That pretty much rules out DAC overload as a contributing factor.
This sounds about right. The big "thumps" in hip hop are typically in the 80hz to 120 hz range.
I now wnat to buy the recording just to hear what you are referring to.