Real Audio Codecs

Get the the original stereo PCM files:
PCM 16bits 11k025 St. (881Ko)
PCM 16 bits 22k05 St. (1762Ko)
PCM 16 bits 44k1 St. (3515Ko)

All encoded files from 16b 44k1 stereo PCM.

encoding : Real Producer 8 Mac-- audio playback: Real Player as a plug-in

As high bandwidth codecs may not work with your connection, with Real Player buffering over and over, you may download the files for local playback, by "saving target as...." on their name.

"RA8" codecs are recent ones that work only with Real Player 8 and Real Producer 8, but not with Real Player G2 (7) and Real Producer G2 (7)

"HR" codecs are "High Response" codecs, that means that the PCM audio is resampled to a higher sampling frequency prior to applying the Real Audio perceptual compression codecs.

The comparison between the Real Player 7 32kbs stereo codec and the Real Player 8 32kbs stereo codecs shows that the new RA8 codecs sound indeed a good deal better !

Same remark concerning the difference between the v7and v8 96kbs stereo music codecs - less obvious - listen to the hi hat.