Re: .MP3 or .Wav
High Jerry, I got a Sherwood 5 disc changer for my birthday for one of my vintage stereo systems. I put a cd that was full of mp three files in it, but it wouldn't play it. So I scanned the user manual in to Open Book to find out why it wouldn't play mp three cds, it has a list of types of cds that it will play. It will play cdrs and cdrws, but it says it won't play mp three cds. I guess you have to look closely for a hi fi cd player/changer that will play mp three cds as well as all of the others which is what I plan to do. My best regards to you all! - Original Message - From: "Jerry Richer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:53 AM Subject: Re: .MP3 or .Wav > There are several levels of MP3. The larger the MP3 file is for a > given Wave file, the better the audio quality. The largest file is the > one > that is not compressed at all and is the original Wave file. Now there > are > several levels of Wave files also but the Wave file quality is determined > at > recording time and once the recording is made the quality of the Wave file > can not be changed. I can compress a given Wave file into any one of > several levels of MP3. What level of MP3 I use depends on what sort of > audio quality I want and how much room I have on my hard drive. I usually > compress my music to 128 Kilo Bits per Second MP3. This shrinks a Wave > file > down to one tenth of its original size. With this level of compression, > some people can hear the loss in audio quality and some can't. A CD > quality > Wave file plays at 1378 Kilo Bits per Second. I usually compress speech > down to 32 Kilo Bits per Second MP3. This shrinks a Wave file down to one > fortieth its original size. Music would sound bad at this level for most > anyone but speech quality here is good enough for me. > I think most CD players these days can play MP3 files as well as > regular CDs. Mine does and I bought it four years ago. If I bought a new > CD player today though I would still check to be sure that it would play > MP3s. > > Jerry > > Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com > ! Edirol R-09: high quality portable stereo Secure Digital Audio recorder > with USB, $359.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35.00 outside, > www.chirpingbat.com/edirol.shtml > ! DEC-TALK USB: $650.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 > outside, > www.chirpingbat.com/dectalkusb.shtml > ! J-Say 4.0 without Naturally Speaking: $650.00, > www.chirpingbat.com/j-say.shtml > ! Window Eyes 6.0: $895, includes delivery in the USA, > www.ChirpingBat.Com/windoweyes.shtml > ! Triple Talk: USB $450, PCI $350, includes delivery within the USA, add > $35 > outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/tripletalk.shtml > ! Sound Forge 9.0 with CD Architect 5.2 and Noise Reduction 2.0: $250, > includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, > www.ChirpingBat.Com/soundforge.shtml > ! We accept PayPal All Major Credit Cards, money orders, checks, wire > transfers, etc. > We ship Internationally. Click to convert our prices into your currency > at: > www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml > > Reach BA Software in the United States at: > Phone: 1-518-572-6092 weekdays, 1-518-359-8538 other, Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], Skype name adirondackbat, WWW: www.ChirpingBat.Com > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 > 7:45 PM > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .MP3 or .Wav
Hi Jerry, Thank you very much for the detailed explanation which made absolute sense. Will try to put information to good use. Thank you again, Morey Worthington Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .MP3 or .Wav
There are several levels of MP3. The larger the MP3 file is for a given Wave file, the better the audio quality. The largest file is the one that is not compressed at all and is the original Wave file. Now there are several levels of Wave files also but the Wave file quality is determined at recording time and once the recording is made the quality of the Wave file can not be changed. I can compress a given Wave file into any one of several levels of MP3. What level of MP3 I use depends on what sort of audio quality I want and how much room I have on my hard drive. I usually compress my music to 128 Kilo Bits per Second MP3. This shrinks a Wave file down to one tenth of its original size. With this level of compression, some people can hear the loss in audio quality and some can't. A CD quality Wave file plays at 1378 Kilo Bits per Second. I usually compress speech down to 32 Kilo Bits per Second MP3. This shrinks a Wave file down to one fortieth its original size. Music would sound bad at this level for most anyone but speech quality here is good enough for me. I think most CD players these days can play MP3 files as well as regular CDs. Mine does and I bought it four years ago. If I bought a new CD player today though I would still check to be sure that it would play MP3s. Jerry Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com ! Edirol R-09: high quality portable stereo Secure Digital Audio recorder with USB, $359.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35.00 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/edirol.shtml ! DEC-TALK USB: $650.00, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.chirpingbat.com/dectalkusb.shtml ! J-Say 4.0 without Naturally Speaking: $650.00, www.chirpingbat.com/j-say.shtml ! Window Eyes 6.0: $895, includes delivery in the USA, www.ChirpingBat.Com/windoweyes.shtml ! Triple Talk: USB $450, PCI $350, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/tripletalk.shtml ! Sound Forge 9.0 with CD Architect 5.2 and Noise Reduction 2.0: $250, includes delivery within the USA, add $35 outside, www.ChirpingBat.Com/soundforge.shtml ! We accept PayPal All Major Credit Cards, money orders, checks, wire transfers, etc. We ship Internationally. Click to convert our prices into your currency at: www.xe.com/ucc/full.shtml Reach BA Software in the United States at: Phone: 1-518-572-6092 weekdays, 1-518-359-8538 other, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Skype name adirondackbat, WWW: www.ChirpingBat.Com Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
.MP3 or .Wav
Hello all, Could someone please tell me the difference in sound quality, if any, between the 2 subject formats? I understand the difference in size of file between the 2. Do most off the shelf CD/DVD players play both formats? Thanks, Morey Worthington Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: good site for mp3 or wav fx?
hi lui, ,re sites for fx,try the following ,it is a fx sound search engine: and provides a 5 or so second sample:www.findsounds.com:.hope this helps.Alan 04:44 PM 11/10/05 -0800, you wrote: > >hi every body, this is chee chau. may i ask, if any >body know of any good sites to download fx in wav or >mp3? i am talking about those sound fx, like, car, >plane, water, thunder, etsetra. any help will be >prisiated. >Regards. > >Chee chau. > > > > > > >__ >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >http://mail.yahoo.com > >___ >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] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 12/5/04 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 12/5/04 ___ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: good site for mp3 or wav fx?
Hi, Check out; http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ At 04:44 PM 11/10/2005 -0800, you wrote: >hi every body, this is chee chau. may i ask, if any >body know of any good sites to download fx in wav or >mp3? i am talking about those sound fx, like, car, >plane, water, thunder, etsetra. any help will be >prisiated. >Regards. > >Chee chau. > > > > > > >__ >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >http://mail.yahoo.com > >___ >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] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/165 - Release Date: 11/9/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8 - Release Date: 11/9/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8 - Release Date: 11/9/2005 ___ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
good site for mp3 or wav fx?
hi every body, this is chee chau. may i ask, if any body know of any good sites to download fx in wav or mp3? i am talking about those sound fx, like, car, plane, water, thunder, etsetra. any help will be prisiated. Regards. Chee chau. __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: mp3 or wav
Hello to Dane and all. Thanks for all the fine pointers on my question. Will now have to put them to use. Thanks again, Morey ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
i would either recomand either mp3 or mp4 i think the quality of mp4 is a lot better then mp3 - Original Message - From: "Morey Worthington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pc-audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:31 AM Subject: mp3 or wav > Hello all, > I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the > quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to > quality. > Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? > If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the > quality change? > I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished > product? > Thanks, > Morey > > > > > ___ > 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
ihave edited an mp3 already with gold wave and it worked great - Original Message - From: "ron scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:50 PM Subject: Re: mp3 or wav > Hi Morey, part of the answer might lay in the recording program you use. > If you are doing editing, gold wave, for example, only edits in wave files. > So noise reduction, pop and click removal, etc, has to be done in wave, > before converting to other formats. > H T H > > > > ___ > 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
It's all up to you and the settings you pick. For sure, if you picked .WAV, it would be as complete a copy as you could get and you could always convert from that to something else later. On the other hand, you would still get compression, saving space, even at 256 or 320 using MP3, and it would sound great. Could you tell the difference in a double blind test? I doubt it. Could you play MP3s on any cd player in case you wanted? No. - Original Message - From: "Morey Worthington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pc-audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: mp3 or wav > Hello all, > I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the > quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to > quality. > Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? > If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the > quality change? > I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished > product? > Thanks, > Morey > > > > > ___ > 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I would imagine that's the best obtainable but the problem is that those programmes that rely on the GUI version of LAME (LAME.ENC.DLL) think its called, will most likely not be able to use all the settings which allow extra processing, if your ripper allows the use of the LAME command line utility (LAME.EXE) then you'll be far better off as you can customise the encoder for all the latest options, Exact Audio Copy and Easy CD DA Extractor are 2 rippers I know of which allow the use of external compressors. At 03:06 PM 27/08/2004 -0400, you wrote: >With CDex, I have Lame vbr. It sounds like vbr is a good thing for MP3's, >as like was mentioned, the quality of recordings can vary. I'm wondering >what is the best setting for vbr? I have it set to 9, as that is the >maximum. Is that the best setting for vbr (variable bit rate)? >- Original Message - From: "doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:32 PM >Subject: Re: mp3 or wav > > >>Can I get more information on "LAME VBR"? >>Doc Wright >>http://wrightplaceinc.net >>*Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed >>up our life we could >>simply press,'Ctrl Alt Delete' and >>start all over? AMEN, AMEN !! >> >>- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:41 AM >>Subject: Re: mp3 or wav >> >> >> >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>If you're really worried about quality and you're not particularly >>concerned about disc space (perhaps you'd rather copy to DVD'S for your >>record collection rather than CD'S) then you may consider a lossless >>compression format such as FLAC. A tipical 600 meg wave file will be >>compressed to 300 or 400 meg without any loss in quality, you can then >>decode the Flac file back to a wave file if you wish (again! with no loss >>in quality), this cannot be said for MP3, the more you convert or decode >>and re-encode your MP3 files then the more noticable the quality loss will >>be. >> >>A plug-in for Winamp is available to allow it to play Flac files. >> >>Many rippers will handle Flac files including Exact Audio Copy, Easy CD DA >>Extractor etc. Nero will also handle Flac files, EAC cue sheets etc. >> >>Allot of the portable players around (particularly those which allow >>firmware upgrading and direct programming through LINUX support the FLAC >>format. >> >>So (I guess my point is in summarising (if you can) leave MP3, OGG etc >>behind. >> >>If you're going to use MP3 then try the new LAME VBR settings, takes a >>while to compress but the results are outstanding! as far as MP3 goes, >>you'll get small files with great sound as LAME encodes each frame of each >>track according to the best bit-rate available for that frame rather than >>doing all the track at a set bit rate. >> >>At 11:31 AM 27/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: >>>Hello all, >>>I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the >>>quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to >>>quality. >>>Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? >>>If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the >>>quality change? >>>I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished >>>product? >>>Thanks, >>>Morey >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>___ >>>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] >> >>-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >>Version: PGP 8.0.3 >>Comment: Dane Trethowan, a client of TFT-BBS run by Gordon Smith >> >>iQA/AwUBQS9kQSlBPqY64aUBEQKPVACeOBFlfDdmco3ZtK39W2eM2uvkZbsAn0BN >>Yky0jhzDWZB6wln+Y54d8NId >>=rxnK >>-END PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> >>___ >>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] >> >> >>___ >&
Re: mp3 or wav
With CDex, I have Lame vbr. It sounds like vbr is a good thing for MP3's, as like was mentioned, the quality of recordings can vary. I'm wondering what is the best setting for vbr? I have it set to 9, as that is the maximum. Is that the best setting for vbr (variable bit rate)? - Original Message - From: "doc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: Re: mp3 or wav Can I get more information on "LAME VBR"? Doc Wright http://wrightplaceinc.net *Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press,'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over? AMEN, AMEN !! - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: mp3 or wav -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you're really worried about quality and you're not particularly concerned about disc space (perhaps you'd rather copy to DVD'S for your record collection rather than CD'S) then you may consider a lossless compression format such as FLAC. A tipical 600 meg wave file will be compressed to 300 or 400 meg without any loss in quality, you can then decode the Flac file back to a wave file if you wish (again! with no loss in quality), this cannot be said for MP3, the more you convert or decode and re-encode your MP3 files then the more noticable the quality loss will be. A plug-in for Winamp is available to allow it to play Flac files. Many rippers will handle Flac files including Exact Audio Copy, Easy CD DA Extractor etc. Nero will also handle Flac files, EAC cue sheets etc. Allot of the portable players around (particularly those which allow firmware upgrading and direct programming through LINUX support the FLAC format. So (I guess my point is in summarising (if you can) leave MP3, OGG etc behind. If you're going to use MP3 then try the new LAME VBR settings, takes a while to compress but the results are outstanding! as far as MP3 goes, you'll get small files with great sound as LAME encodes each frame of each track according to the best bit-rate available for that frame rather than doing all the track at a set bit rate. At 11:31 AM 27/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: Hello all, I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to quality. Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the quality change? I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished product? Thanks, Morey ___ 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] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.0.3 Comment: Dane Trethowan, a client of TFT-BBS run by Gordon Smith iQA/AwUBQS9kQSlBPqY64aUBEQKPVACeOBFlfDdmco3ZtK39W2eM2uvkZbsAn0BN Yky0jhzDWZB6wln+Y54d8NId =rxnK -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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] ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
It sounds like the Lame encoders are a good thing for MP3's. I have it with CDex, and it does sound like with Lame that the quality is about as good as the original wav file. - Original Message - From: "Morey Worthington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pc-audio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:31 PM Subject: mp3 or wav Hello all, I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to quality. Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the quality change? I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished product? Thanks, Morey ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
Can I get more information on "LAME VBR"? Doc Wright http://wrightplaceinc.net *Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press,'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over? AMEN, AMEN !! - Original Message - From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:41 AM Subject: Re: mp3 or wav -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you're really worried about quality and you're not particularly concerned about disc space (perhaps you'd rather copy to DVD'S for your record collection rather than CD'S) then you may consider a lossless compression format such as FLAC. A tipical 600 meg wave file will be compressed to 300 or 400 meg without any loss in quality, you can then decode the Flac file back to a wave file if you wish (again! with no loss in quality), this cannot be said for MP3, the more you convert or decode and re-encode your MP3 files then the more noticable the quality loss will be. A plug-in for Winamp is available to allow it to play Flac files. Many rippers will handle Flac files including Exact Audio Copy, Easy CD DA Extractor etc. Nero will also handle Flac files, EAC cue sheets etc. Allot of the portable players around (particularly those which allow firmware upgrading and direct programming through LINUX support the FLAC format. So (I guess my point is in summarising (if you can) leave MP3, OGG etc behind. If you're going to use MP3 then try the new LAME VBR settings, takes a while to compress but the results are outstanding! as far as MP3 goes, you'll get small files with great sound as LAME encodes each frame of each track according to the best bit-rate available for that frame rather than doing all the track at a set bit rate. At 11:31 AM 27/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Hello all, >I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the >quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to >quality. >Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? >If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the >quality change? >I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished >product? >Thanks, >Morey > > > > >___ >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] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.0.3 Comment: Dane Trethowan, a client of TFT-BBS run by Gordon Smith iQA/AwUBQS9kQSlBPqY64aUBEQKPVACeOBFlfDdmco3ZtK39W2eM2uvkZbsAn0BN Yky0jhzDWZB6wln+Y54d8NId =rxnK -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
Beg to differ here. As long as you do not change bit rates, encoding an MP3 from a wav file, and then going back to Wav from that same MP3 later on will not cause a loss in quality. That is to say, your newly rendered Wav file will be the same quality as your MP3 file, because a Wav file is a photographic image of your MP3. You can go back to a new MP3 from your second Wav and so on, and there will be no noticeable loss of quality as long as your MP3 bit depth does not drop below 320 KBPS every time you encode back to MP3. Of course there will eventually be a decay in the audio quality, but you'd have to swap back and forward an unlikely number of times before this happens, and hey ... Who's really gonna sit there and do that anyway? In terms of switching backwards and forwards 3 or 4 times though ... no problem. You just have to choose a bit depth of at least 224 KBPS when encoding each time, but preferably 320 KBPS. Regards, Matt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 24/08/2004 ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
Your computer will record to wav format by default, but you can choose what format the recording is rendered to when it is saved. I suggest that you choose to save your recording as an MP3, with a bit depth of at least 192 KBPS, and a sampling rate of 44100HZ. I tend to use 192 KBPS or higher for all my music. The optimum would be 256 KBPS, because it's still pretty small, but it is very difficult for the human ear to pick up the compression errors at that bit depth. You might notice that something isn't quite right at 192 KBPS, but that's usually only on high frequency sounds like symbols etc. Bit depths like 160, 128 and 112 KBPS are really not all that great for music. If you choose to store your music in the Ogg format, you can choose a bit depth of say, 128 KBPS, or even 112 KBPS, because OGG quality is better than MP3 at lower bit depths. You should remember however, that whatever format you choose in the end, you must make sure that everything is set to stereo when you save your recording! So many times I've recorded something, and forgotten that my last recording was a mono one, and I've gone and saved my lovely stereo recording as a mono one and had to start all over again! Anyway, hope all that helps: Regards, Matt --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.744 / Virus Database: 496 - Release Date: 24/08/2004 ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
Hi Morey, part of the answer might lay in the recording program you use. If you are doing editing, gold wave, for example, only edits in wave files. So noise reduction, pop and click removal, etc, has to be done in wave, before converting to other formats. H T H ___ 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]
Re: mp3 or wav
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you're really worried about quality and you're not particularly concerned about disc space (perhaps you'd rather copy to DVD'S for your record collection rather than CD'S) then you may consider a lossless compression format such as FLAC. A tipical 600 meg wave file will be compressed to 300 or 400 meg without any loss in quality, you can then decode the Flac file back to a wave file if you wish (again! with no loss in quality), this cannot be said for MP3, the more you convert or decode and re-encode your MP3 files then the more noticable the quality loss will be. A plug-in for Winamp is available to allow it to play Flac files. Many rippers will handle Flac files including Exact Audio Copy, Easy CD DA Extractor etc. Nero will also handle Flac files, EAC cue sheets etc. Allot of the portable players around (particularly those which allow firmware upgrading and direct programming through LINUX support the FLAC format. So (I guess my point is in summarising (if you can) leave MP3, OGG etc behind. If you're going to use MP3 then try the new LAME VBR settings, takes a while to compress but the results are outstanding! as far as MP3 goes, you'll get small files with great sound as LAME encodes each frame of each track according to the best bit-rate available for that frame rather than doing all the track at a set bit rate. At 11:31 AM 27/08/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Hello all, >I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the >quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to >quality. >Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? >If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the >quality change? >I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished >product? >Thanks, >Morey > > > > >___ >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] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 8.0.3 Comment: Dane Trethowan, a client of TFT-BBS run by Gordon Smith iQA/AwUBQS9kQSlBPqY64aUBEQKPVACeOBFlfDdmco3ZtK39W2eM2uvkZbsAn0BN Yky0jhzDWZB6wln+Y54d8NId =rxnK -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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]
mp3 or wav
Hello all, I am copying my vinyl records to be put on a CD. Understanding that the quality of the record means much, the following question still pertains to quality. Which format has the better recording quality..mp3 or wav? If I recorded in .wav and then converted that .wav file to .mp3 would the quality change? I guess what I am asking, which format sounds better in the finished product? Thanks, Morey ___ 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]