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Quote:
The bolded = insanely bad to test out equipment on.
Why?
Because they are extremely compressed recordings via the Loudness War.
If you want bass impact, try Rage Against the Machine's 'Take the Power Back'. Comes from one of the best mastered albums of all time (self-titled album) and quite a few audio engineers and roadies do use it to tweak their setups on bass wise.
My test songs/albums:
Generally:
Rage Against the Machine - 'Rage Against the Machine' album
Michael Jackson - 'Off the Wall', 'Thriller' albums
Marit Larsen - The Chase (folk rock)
1200 Micrograms - 'Magic Numbers' album (psytrance / transient speed + bass)
Jay-Z - 'The Black Album' (well produced rap album, both in mastering and production)
Any Porcupine Tree album
Any Dream Theater album
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (Drum n Bass)
Bass:
Rage Against the Machine 'Take the Power Back'
Pendulum 'Slam'
Transient speed:
Pendulum - 'Sounds of Life'
the Amen Break
Instrument separation / detail:
Mae - 'Painless'
dredg - 'Mourning This Morning'
Sibilance:
New Order - 'True Faith'
Mids (as in pure mids, very little bass or treble):
Bass Communion - 'Drugged' (both the 13 min and 24 minute versions)
Detail as in multiple voices / harmony
Westlife - Westlife album (well produced boyband album)
Here's an awesome test for detail:
None of my setups have ever passed this test:
The 17 second outro to Mae's 'This Time Is The Last Time' (time sig: 3:33 - 3:50), they are speaking but it's extremely hard to determine what they're saying until the very end.
However. as other people have said, use songs that are well mastered and that you enjoy and are familiar with. Above = exactly that for me.
Originally Posted by jawang /img/forum/go_quote.gif Right now I am using: - "Muse - Supermassive Blackhole" for bass/impact - "Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody" for mids - "RHCP - Scar Tissue" for highs (lots of cymbals/etc.) |
The bolded = insanely bad to test out equipment on.
Why?
Because they are extremely compressed recordings via the Loudness War.
If you want bass impact, try Rage Against the Machine's 'Take the Power Back'. Comes from one of the best mastered albums of all time (self-titled album) and quite a few audio engineers and roadies do use it to tweak their setups on bass wise.
My test songs/albums:
Generally:
Rage Against the Machine - 'Rage Against the Machine' album
Michael Jackson - 'Off the Wall', 'Thriller' albums
Marit Larsen - The Chase (folk rock)
1200 Micrograms - 'Magic Numbers' album (psytrance / transient speed + bass)
Jay-Z - 'The Black Album' (well produced rap album, both in mastering and production)
Any Porcupine Tree album
Any Dream Theater album
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (Drum n Bass)
Bass:
Rage Against the Machine 'Take the Power Back'
Pendulum 'Slam'
Transient speed:
Pendulum - 'Sounds of Life'
the Amen Break
Instrument separation / detail:
Mae - 'Painless'
dredg - 'Mourning This Morning'
Sibilance:
New Order - 'True Faith'
Mids (as in pure mids, very little bass or treble):
Bass Communion - 'Drugged' (both the 13 min and 24 minute versions)
Detail as in multiple voices / harmony
Westlife - Westlife album (well produced boyband album)
Here's an awesome test for detail:
None of my setups have ever passed this test:
The 17 second outro to Mae's 'This Time Is The Last Time' (time sig: 3:33 - 3:50), they are speaking but it's extremely hard to determine what they're saying until the very end.
However. as other people have said, use songs that are well mastered and that you enjoy and are familiar with. Above = exactly that for me.