While I read on some other mailing list that the human ear is a poor
testing device, it is still a widely available testing device and I
often don't have anything better.
In order to help that device better detect sound quality issues, I tend
to prefer to use lengthy music files. Once I'm familiar enough with the
music I can sense "something is wrong" with relatively little effort
and
attention.
So I'm looking for a music file that:
1. Sounds well (enough) even at the standard PSTN quality (8kHz, mono,
16 bits per sample).
2. Is long enough. E.g. ~10 minutes.
3. No usage limitation. Freely usable. So I can point it out to someone
and ask him to try it.
I'm too lazy to start looking for such a file. And I bet somebody in
this list can point me to an existing one.
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On 11 Aug 2009, at 12:03, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:> So I'm looking for a music file that: > > 1. Sounds well (enough) even at the standard PSTN quality (8kHz, mono, > 16 bits per sample). > > 2. Is long enough. E.g. ~10 minutes. > > 3. No usage limitation. Freely usable. So I can point it out to > someone > and ask him to try it. > > > I'm too lazy to start looking for such a file. And I bet somebody in > this list can point me to an existing one.Standard hold music? One of the tunes is a bit shoddy for stuff like this (slow kinda wobbly sound), but the rest seem ok..