That can make your music sound a lot worse than it originally did. Reduced size equals loosing important information. 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. Yet it can come affect the quality, so you should choose the sending method wisely.įast and easy yes, but on what cost? I’ve had bands contact me asking if they can send songs for mastering via WhatsApp and that brings chills down my spine.Īnd no, I have nothing against WhatsApp or any other communication app. This sounds almost ridiculous as we now can send songs and videos all over the world in a blink of an eye. Mixing engineer Bill Price tells on interview how he sent dat tapes via snail mail to Guns N’ Roses members on tour for approval. After a couple of days the songs would finally arrive to the impatient artist. Record the mixes on 1/4″ tape, cassette or dat tape, pack properly and take it to the post office. WhatsApp is fast and easyįast and easy are not the words you would use to describe sending audio tracks back in the days before the internet. This is why you should not send audio and video files via WhatsApp.

Do you know how much you loose in quality when sending audio and video files using WhatsApp? By reading this blog post you will learn how to send files without loosing the quality. “Can I send our songs for mastering via WhatsApp?” – “Could you send mixes using WhatsApp for approval?” – These questions are quite common among musicians.

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