Stereo Tool

Hey everyone!

I was thinking we should have an on-going thread with links to the songs that are the most difficult for audio processors to handle.

So when you are making a preset and you think it sounds good, you can run the songs in this thread through the preset and see how it holds up to the test!

So I'll start it off with a short list.

BASS
Mya - "Movin' On"
The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly"
Belocca & Soneec - "Chupakamra" (Thanks to Bojcha)

VOLUME
Bjork - "It's Oh So Quiet"

So what songs do you use as your reference torture test?

For testing classic music I would suggest Smetana's "Ma Vlast":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtLuyWuPDs

Film Score: Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight: "Why So Serious?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QjuEWsdgEc

Electronic/ I.D.M.: Aphex Twin - "On"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47ZmvhGPkWc

Trip-Hop: Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5svr_ ... athy_music

Classic Rock+Soul, old recordings: Ike & Tina - "Proud Mary"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d3kq-AT_CA

Classic electronic, old recording: Kraftwerk - "Autobahn"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcKzJkWDwBo

Synthie/Rock/Ambient: Dr. Stephen Baysted - "Spa 24 Hours"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Q_PCxAoIE

Nu-Metal: Sonic Mayhem - "Descent Into Cerberon"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBKFB28E0M

Grunge: Nirvana - "Lithium"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaSmr9c_qvA

Live/Accoustic/Rock/Pop: Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" (Pulse live recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTeXkHfWYVo
Pink Floyd - "The Great Gig In The Sky" (Delicate-Sound-Of-Thunder live recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NyO9NPZbQ

Live/Electronic/Rock/Breakbeat: The Prodigy - "Firestarter" (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-UuXzqN6I

Acid: Humanoid - "Stakker Humanoid"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK2U5ziV_Z8

Electronic/House/Funk/Strong Precompression: Professor Kliq - "Plastic and Flashing Lights"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSbljg7OcCU

Good suggestions! Thanks.

how about: elton john - circle of life ? for the vocal part.

Dance/Disco: Eric Prydz - Call on me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVRAmcRJ41g

Snap! - The Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z33tH-JdPDg

For this i need VIDEO processing :p

Rock/Pop/Old recording: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (Stereo Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7839NaG3GbY

The Beatles - Hey Jude
http://vimeo.com/34684966

Vocal Pop: Adele - Set Fire To The Rain
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/8336475/Ade ... o_the_rain

Maybe this topic should be moved to the "Getting the best sound with Stereo Tool" forum?

Weird mixing (only left, only right, stereo, mono): Grace Jones - "Don't Cry, It's Only The Rhythm"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDN8tsxLuMw

Classic concept rock album: Pink Floyd - "The Wall"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWguH_d148

My small part of test tracks....

- Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
- The B-52's - Dry County
- Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- Lady Gaga - The Fame
- Kelly Rowland - Stole
- Aretha_Franklin - Respect
- J. Cole - Nobody's Perfect (feat. Missy Elliott)
- Bingo Players - When i Dip
- Madonna - Voices
- Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
- Mya - Movin' On
- Adele - Make You Feel My Love
- N-Dubz - Best Behaviour
- Duran Duran - Ordinary World
- Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
- Abba - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
- Aca Lukas & Ivana Selakov - Daleko si
- Alex Gaudino - I'm in love
- Sofi ft. Skrillex - Bring Out The Devil
- Beth Ditto - I Wrote The Book
- Celine Dion - Dreamin' Of You
- Christina Aguilera ft. Lill Kim - Can't Hold Us Down
- ClawFinger - Do What I Say
- Dave Brubeck - Take Five
- Dire Dtraits - Sultans Of Swing
- Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo - Bloodhound Gang
- Gossip - Heavy Cross
- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
- Kelis - Brave
- Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End Of Love
- King - Love & Pride
- Lil Wayne Feat. Cory Gunz - 6 Foot 7 Foot
- Ludacris Ft. Nicki Minaj- My Chick Bad
- Marvis - Feeling Lucky feat. Edwyn Collins
- Mary J Blige - Family Affair
- Glow - Mr. Brown
- Pink - Just Like a Pill
- Placebo - Every me and every you