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Hey guys.
I made a non-stop mix with the tracks of this album available to listen to on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/lebon14/seb227-album-megamix

This album is pretty darn good. I enjoyed it a lot.

I gave this a listen and I would rate alot of the tracks a 4 out of 5. But the problem I've been having with Eurobeat lately is the synthlines right before the first verse / after the chorus and the chorus itself. They just don't seem to be as catchy and melodic as they used to be. That's why nothing really sticks for me.

For example, the intros to Wilder Faster Louder and Manga Style got me hyped up, but once the synthline came I was let down. And the chorus for both songs are kinda wack, they just sound kinda forced and even monotone at times.

I miss how hyper and crazy the riffs use to be. For example, look at "Cooling My Desire" compared to "Moonlight Hero"...Today's eurobeat just doesn't have that chaotic factor to it.

I think there are eras that have certain overall sounds/feelings. I'll use the Go Go Girls for example. Their synths from the 80s decade sound much more chaotic than "Nothing Can Stop the Music" from the 150s. The latter sounds more polished and the synths seem like they are more contemporary. Even HI-NRG ATTACK has adapted to a more clean sound...take their Italo Disco-esque tracks of the recent decades that sound less chaotic than their Euromach ancestors.

I don't think songs need to ridiculous melodies for the sake of it. I think Sunfire does this and I totally hate their new sound. Dave's new materials could never hold a flame to his time with A-BEAT C

And that's why I love the recent SunFire additions. And of course, SS's "Beat Around"!

Once again thank you for you generosity Lebon, would their be any chance in getting the album IN MP3 format for those of us who can't tell the difference in musical quality?

No. I won't be uploading MP3s anymore from now on. Reason:

I hate the MP3 format and I hate dealing with it. It simply destroys any sound it touches. MP3 320 and AAC 320 is about the same size. Most smartphones, any recent DAP (digital audio players) and most audio player software handles AAC. If you use it for your car and make MP3 CDs, you can always make your own copy for that purpose (You can use dBPowerAmp, for exemple, to convert). AAC is the successor to MP3 and, as such, is much more efficient - especially when encoded with iTunes (or QAAC). AAC is also the format used in iTunes music store but it isn't a format that is only read by Apple products. For proof, here's a list of software that can read AAC:

Media Player Classic (Win)
Foobar2000 (Win)
Windows Media Player 12 (Win)
iTunes (Win, OSX)
Winamp (Win)
VLC (Win,OSX,Lin)
TheKMPlayer (Win)
AIMP (Win)
Amarok (Win, OSX (beta), Lin)
Audacious (Win, Lin)
Clementine (Win, OSX, Lin)
cmus (OSX, Lin)
Cog (OSX)
Exaile (Win, Lin)
Musicmatch Jukebox (Win)
MPXPLAY (DOS, Win)
Music Player Daemon (Win?, OSX, Lin)
MusicBee (Win)
Quod Libet (Win, OSX, Linux)
Rhapsody (Win, Lin)
Rhythmbox (Lin)
XMMS (OSX, Lin)
XMPlay (Win)

Win = Windows, OSX = Mac OS X, Lin = Linux, DOS = MS DOS (ie. before Windows 95)

See, it shouldn't be an issue getting used to AAC. Most blu-ray players (if not all) should be able to read AAC. SmartTVs too. The only thing that STILL depends on MP3s are older car CD players with MP3 CDs and DVD players with MP3 CDs compatibility. And like I said, you can always make a copy for that.

Here you go.

Thanks kyonpalm you rock!

Im definitely in the AAC bandwagon...the quality is much better than same sized 320 mp3...in fact i'd to see 221-225 in AAC...and maybe 226 as well...But i already had the FLAC version..so yeah..

I can definitely teach you how to encode properly to AAC on Windows. Let me know if you are interessed. I'm really happy somebody else is in the same bandwagon than I am.

yeah why not?
I could use that...already got DBPoweramp and the plugins...wat do next?

Instead of giving a step by step tutorial, just drop the content of the download below in C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\dbPowerAmp\encoder

QAAC dBPowerAmp setup ZIP file

To be clear, the folder included in the zip (called "QAAC") is dropped in the "encoder" folder and the other files in the ZIP doesn't go in that folder. It should give something like this (note: I might a different set of plugins installed than you):

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Also, be sure to have at least an Apple product install as it comes with "Apple Application Support" which comes with iTunes 10.5 and later and QuickTime 7.7.5 and later. It's important, because it's a prerequisite. You don't have to use the software... just install. If it is already, great, nothing else to do. Encode the way you always did, it'll be in the drop down menu

Thank for the QAAC guide is it any different than the Apple Lossless .m4a or .aif?

UPDATE: WELL YEAH THIS CAME OUT A LOT NICER THAN MP3 320K OMFG

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This post has been edited by skibblesx on Mar 7 2014, 12:28 AM

ALAC is Apple's (compressed) Lossless and also uses .m4a extension like AAC.

AAC is not by Apple but they made an extremely efficient lossy encoder. At simple glance, you cannot make the difference between FLAC and Maximum setting AAC encoded by iTunes/QuickTime/QAAC. Tools like Audiochecker can easily detect it though. Note that AAC, although very rarely, can also use .mp4 extension (no video, just audio).

AIF is Apple's WAV format (uncompressed lossless).

This post has been edited by Lebon14 on Mar 7 2014, 03:46 AM