[audacity4blind] Re: Exporting Files in Audacity
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:53:18 -0500
Instead of working with enormous wave files, I would strongly suggest that
you try recording in a high quality mp3 format and editing using Mp3
Direct Cut. It's up to you, of course. If you wwant to work with wave
files, then edit them in Audacity, which is not as easy or convenient as
editing using Mp3 Direct Cut, then take the time to have these large files
converted to Mp3 for their final form, that's your choice. I would
strongly advise you not to assume things such as that a high quality wave
file will yield better results than a high quality mp3 file for audio,
notmusic recordings. I doubt that anyone can tell the difference between
a 320kbps mp3 file of spoken word material and a high quality wave file.
And since you intend to convert the material to mp3 anyway, even if there
were any detectable difference, it would be lost when you convert the
wave file to mp3.
No recording program serves all purposes well. Audacity serves many
purposes well. It is not as good a choice for editing mp3 files as Mp3
Direct cut where all you want to do is edit, not apply effects or perform
other operations.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve the Fiddle" <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:56 AMI> I'd suggest recording at 44.1 /
16 PCM, and use a good fast flash
> card. If the flash card can't keep up with the amount of data there
> will be bits missing from the recording or other peculiarities. 44.1 /
> 16 should give excellent quality without overly stressing the H1 or
> the flash card.
>
> Steve
>
> On 13 October 2012 15:23, David Van Der Molen <dvm975@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If I want to record speech with my Zoom H1, and I want the best quality
>> possible, even if the file is converted in the end to MP3, would it be
>> best
>> to record in PCM Wav? I have only two choices with the Zoom, either PCM
>> Wav
>> or MP3. If I choose PCM Wav, which sampling and bit rates should I go
>> with?
>> My choices are 44.1-16, 44.1-24, 48-16, 48-24, 96-16, and 96-24.
>>
>> After recording, I'd edit with Audacity.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Johny cassidy
>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:11 AM
>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Exporting Files in Audacity
>>
>> I'd suggest saving the original track as a wav file. There shouldn't be
>> any
>> loss in quality then
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 13 Oct 2012, at 12:44 PM, David Bailes <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>> Are these recording of speech?
>> In the mp3 options when saving, is the bit rate mode set to constant? If
>> so
>> you could set it to average, and see if this is an improvement.
>> Unfortunately, there will be at least some loss in quality after
>> decoding
>> from and then re encoding to mp3 format.
>>
>> David.
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Van Der Molen <dvm975@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2012, 12:27
>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Exporting Files in Audacity
>>
>> I record my files in MP3 format (96 KBPS) with a Zoom H1 recorder. When
>> I
>> edit the recordings, I'm quite okay with the sound quality. When,
>> however,
>> I export these projects back into MP3 format, 96 kbps, I find that the
>> quality deteriorates. The recordings kind of sound tinny, like radio
>> stations' web broadcasts used to sound like. Can I fix these MP3s
>> somehow?
>> Is there a particular equalizer that anyone would suggest that I use?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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