There is quite a difference between 128K and 192K. However,
considering the hideuos soundcard synth sounds, you may easily
neglect it. As you say, in natural sounds, it makes quite a
difference, but for the cheap synth sounds it doesn't really matter.
I use finale as a notation program, not for "real" music. If I was
you, and I would want a decent playback of a Finale file, I would
save it to midi, import it to Nuendo and use some sampler or sampling
software. There are solutions out there, if they are programmed well,
you almost cannot tell wether it's a synth or a real orchestra. (e.
g. film scores.....). And if it's real, you will hear the difference
between mp3 (192) and CD (or SACD) anyway.
Even Finale 2006 can sound a lot better...;-)
Kurt
At 22:21 25.09.2005, you 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.
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