Hi there. I'm under the impression that a 192 bit file has more highs in it than a 128 bit file. It probably is a personal preference, but I would think that with a smaller file size, you would lose highs; but for music, it would depend on what you like. I haven't done recordings of MP3's yet, but if you download music, or make copies of CD's probably, different recordings would show a higher bit rate. Maybe when copying NLS talkingbooks, you might want to adjust the bit rates, depending on the specific books that you'd want to copy. There is a trade-off, whereas if you want to put more on a CD, you might have some loss in quality, but that might depend on what you like. A 32-bit file is even smaller than a 128-bit file, but if you have a muffled recording from a library or some place you're copying from, you might want to rase the bit rate, if you don't mind a larger file size. I hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: Bit rate
Hello, everyone, including happy encoders everywhere! Got a question for ya! How come some of you prefer music at 192? Does that really make a difference than 128? Just wondering. I also encode talking books. Started doing this some time last year. When I first started, I was doing books at 128. Or some setting like that. I ddiscovered I could put up to nine NLS sides at that setting. But it caused me to split some longer books between two andsometimes three discs. So, eventually, I thought, hey, wait a minute, I guess I could adjust the bit rate to a smaller setting. I played around with it and arrived at 32 for talking books, because all they are, as you know is someone reading a book anyway. Does it really matter all that much? I run my NLS player through an older stereo and once in a blue moon, find a book I cannot save or improve. It sounds so bad I could not encode it. Have you notice some of the NLS books don't really measure up? Sometimes, parts of a book is recorded too loud, parts are too soft, and I even came across some with hiss in it. Now, I don't have those fancy editing programs like SoundF Forge or Cool Edit. I cannot afford it! I have not figured out how to use Gold Wave, and when I tried well, found it a bit puzzling. Anyway, I use freeware and I guess some of you know about Cdex 1.5. I like it, even if it does not have noise reduction and other features. I'm just glad to be able to encode tapes. I do CD's too, so often switch between those formats. I get chided by a friend of mine because I don't know how to use a CD database. But the CD feature in Cdex is disabled when you use Record from Analog Input. Anyway, just wanted to ask you guys the question about bit rate and why the difference. Are there more highs at 192 than 128? Regards, Mimi _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
