David,
Yes, I can hear a small difference. I know because I expected
(before reading carefully) to hear the more compressed file first and
noticed a slight veiling in the second sample.
That said, I don't think it makes a whit of practical difference in
demonstrating the arrangement to those who may eventually play it.
I say, use smaller files in this instance. This from one who favors
good sound (and the unfortunately large file sizes that go with that)
for actual recordings.
Hope this helps you.
Chuck
On Sep 25, 2005, at 1:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I'm about to start creating a bunch of MP3 files that are recorded
from my sound card playing back MIDI files created from Finale files.
It seems to me when comparing these two files:
http://www.dfenton.com/Midi/MozartK581Arr/MozartK581ArrA.mp3
http://www.dfenton.com/Midi/MozartK581Arr/MozartK581ArrA1.mp3
there is no apparent difference in sound quality. The first is 192K
and the second is 128K. The file size difference is significant
enough that if the 128K files are good enough, I'll go with those.
Does anyone here any significant differences between the two? I can
convince myself that I do, but it seems only psychological. I
definitely hear a different between 192 and 128 with live recordings,
but my soundcard output seems to be sufficiently less complex
waveforms that there's no difference to my ear.
But it's incredibly difficult for me to test objectively, so I'd
appreaciate anyone who cares to listen and let me know what they
think.
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc
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