This is what happens when you transcode the same audio file 4 times with @ffmpeg AAC, vs. libfdk_aac, at 128kbps (the docs say it's better than libfdk_aac at that bitrate): https://mrcn.st/t/orig_ffmpeg_fdk_4x.wav …
looping {1 bar lossless - 1 bar ffmpeg - 1 bar fdk}
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ffmpeg 4.2.2, source audio: https://mrcn.st/t/btc_bridge.wav … Command line: ffmpeg -i in.wav -c:a {aac or libfdk_aac} -b:a 128k out.mp4 (then decode to wav and repeat another 3 times)
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And if anyone is wondering how you end up with 6 generations of lossy encoding, it goes like this: → original song (lossy fmt) → remixed (lossy fmt) → streamed by DJ to VJ for visuals → streamed by VJ to me for mixing → streamed to Twitch for broadcast → Twitch transcodes
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None of those steps are possible to eliminate entirely with existing software stacks and reasonable configs. The best I can do is ensure steps #3 and #4 are using CoreAudio or libfdk_aac at 320kbps, and #5 is using libfdk_aac at 160kbps.
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Obviously good remixers ought to be going off of lossless versions of the original song... but I bet many aren't. And most remixes are released in lossy formats only (mp3 256kbps or so).
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