Hello. (Excuse the Noob, I hope I'm in the right place)
I'm very new to audio details & technicalities. I'm trying to learn how to compare quality between 2 sounds. I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I compared and overlayed the Oscilloscope of 2 versions from the similar audio files.
I'm noticing the file that was degraded and compressed has higher peaks and more jagged edges compared to it's full quality counterpart. Also, the full quality version has lower, but smooth waves and peaks.
Moving forward, can this be a simple method in determining a quality comparison if I have 2 versions of the same audio in 2 different files? Outside from looking at specs (i.e. bit rate, format), if I had 2 files that were 320 kbps .mp3 files, but one happened to have a history of extra compression and conversion, how would I determine the the right file?
Thanks in advance.