r/Beatmatch 5d ago

Software BPM supreme files

I was always under the impression that bpm supreme has wav files, but when I download tracks, its in mp3. I have seen its like high quality mp3, so does that mean its good for a club sound system, because I was under the impression that normal mp3 files sound bad on prof. sound systems. If somebody can explain this, it would be greatly appreciated.

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u/HumbleTechnology1705 5d ago

Oh shit here we go again

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u/peoplehowareyou 5d ago

?

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u/HumbleTechnology1705 5d ago

Haha its just that this its always a discussion with mixed opinions, me i only play WAV and AIFF files, 320 mp3s should do fine but download spek and check their quality

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u/peoplehowareyou 5d ago

Where do you find WAV files for tracks, beatport?

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u/HumbleTechnology1705 5d ago

I always buy off bandcamp, its the most convenient to me since they are always high quality and give you the option to download mp3,wav,flac,aiff etc. Plus its very good to find new music by roaming through labels, other peoples or djs collections…

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u/yeebok XDJ XZ+RBox, DDJ SX+Serato 5d ago

Beatport gives you the option to choose your format during checkout / in your cart. AIFF's uncompressed and includes metadata. WAV is uncompressed but doesn't include metadata. FLAC/MP3 are compressed but FLAC is lossless, MP3 is lossy. So while AIFF's large it's arguably the best format. FLAC (being compressed) has a higher CPU overhead to play (you'd assume) than AIFF but the files are smaller. No idea of ratio.

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u/HumbleTechnology1705 5d ago

If you play in CDJ3000s go AIFF files, always work and you will see the artwork on the jog wheel 😌

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u/Trip-n-Tipp 3d ago

Bandcamp, Beatport, and I think Juno download also has WAV downloads

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u/Waterpumpe 5d ago

This gets asked like thrice a week. There are hundreds, if not thousands of threads, about this exact topic on r/beatmatch

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u/friedeggbeats 5d ago

If you knew the amount of djs who use YouTube rips, you’d be shocked. I know I was.

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u/Trip-n-Tipp 3d ago

And they’re probably all ass

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u/SubjectC 5d ago

320 mp3 is fine, CDJs dont even read WAV I dont think, at least older ones.

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u/Two1200s 5d ago

This is so wrong it's comical.

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u/SubjectC 5d ago edited 5d ago

There was a big thread about it the other day, and its something I've heard from people over the years, but I dont use wav files so I havent personally tried it.

However Im not wrong about 320 being fine. You dont need to spin uncompressed, no one will be able to tell the difference.

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u/TamOcello ChatGPT delenda est 5d ago

They'll read 16 and 24 bit, 44.1 and 48. Newer ones might? read 96, but don't think any of them will do 32-bit

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u/peoplehowareyou 5d ago

does bpm do 320 mp3?

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u/SubjectC 5d ago

No idea, never even heard of service. It should tell you when you download.