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I'm no expert on this topic, which is why the title of this thread is a question, but it seems clear to me that a significant proportion of music distributed via streaming services is now watermarked by the major labels. Some examples of watermarked audio that have been posted in various places online seem to show that this practice does (or at least can) create quite audible distortion. The examples I've heard seemed to create more objectionable distortion than e.g. that caused by higher bitrate lossy compression, for example.
So I thought it might be worthwhile to try to develop a better understanding of what's going on here.
My questions are:
So I thought it might be worthwhile to try to develop a better understanding of what's going on here.
My questions are:
- Which labels are doing this and how much of their catalogues is subject to it?
- What different techniques are being used, and what are the technical and audible differences between these?
- Is watermarking also being employed in respect of non-streaming releases?