[audacity4blind] Re: Exporting Files in Audacity

  • From: Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:50:35 +0100

Loss of sound quality due to MP3 encoding is permanent and irreversible,
The only way back is either to go back to the Audacity Project (which
you don't have any more) or return to the original recording (which
mat still be on your Zoom H1).

Steve

On 13 October 2012 13:22, David Van Der Molen <dvm975@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there any way to restore these MP3s that I've done to their original
> quality?  I don't have the original projects anymore.  These are speech
> recordings.
>
> 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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