A.E : Hi Marcus!
I'm glad to meet the man behind so many productions and shows.
Gold and platinum records for NANA under the magic wand of your works in sound!
M.O : Glad to meet the best Glee Club trainer in Europe!
Know that I'm a Glee fan, we've been watching episodes of Glee on our tour.
PS Academy is on our radar, thanks to the collaboration with NANA.
You are doing a special job there in Romania, congratulations!
A.E : This time I would like to ask for your help in a more delicate situation.
As you know, my Preparing Stars festival brings competitors from all over, some are registered into the competition by teachers, and others are registered by parents.
I am struck, for the second year in a row, by the problem of the instrumentals that were sent, or in one way or another, passed through WhatsApp.
What is your honest opinion, these audio files are damaged in this way?
M.O : WhatsApp is a nice application and a cool way to connect with people from all over the world. It’s fast and it’s free. Yet, when it comes to sending audio and video files, the short answer is: “No, you should not use it!”. I would never send any audio or video via WhatsApp.And no, I have nothing against WhatsApp or any other communication app. What I am concerned is the fact that most people don’t even know that their file gets compressed to a fraction of what it originally was. Reduced size equals loosing important information. That can make your music sound a lot worse than it originally did. You too want to have the highest quality available for your music, don’t you?
For example, if you'll send an original audio format of the file is stereo wav 44.1 kHz 24 bit, length 01:11 and size 18,9 MB, the same audio file after it will be sent via WhatsApp, will have : length 01:11 and size 583 KB, with cymbals and how they seem to “wobble” ,the sound will be noisy and will jump, unfortunately affecting the other audio files in the main file.
A.E : Hope to read this a big number of vocal trainers, it seems to me that they must be professionals !
Please give an advices for all of interested parents & vocal trainers .
M. O : So....You have great options like DropBox and WeTransfer where the quality of your audio and video is not affected. I recommend you to upload the file to DropBox and send the link even using WhatsApp if you so choose. When music is your passion, you should share that passion in its full glory and not just a shadow of it!
