05-27-2009, 05:45 AM
Quote:am wondering whether to leave the music in its slightly crackly state orPersonally I recommend cleaning them up...thats what i do after recording
in a record (i can't stand that 'record noise' anymore - unless actually playing
vinyl LOL).
I'd love to put more of my records in the computer... but it takes a extremely
long time just to do one ... just don't have the time to do it.
Quote:OK, maybe a real techie can chime in hereNot a audiophile or techie but...
When recording something into the computer that you're gonna be editing:
Save the initial file(s) as standard (uncompressed PCM) *.WAV 's only...
same goes for every edit - make sure it saves as uncompressed *.WAV!!
Only convert to MP3 as the final thing.
The reason here is if you save and edit *any* compressed format (for
example MP3) you will loose quality every time you open...edit...save
because it uncompresses when opening for edit and recompresses when
saving.
Personally I can tell the diff between allot of MP3's and a CD...in particular
those encoded at a low bitrate. Hard to explain how it sounds other than
"it sounds like a MP3 or it sounds like a JPEG picture looks - alittle garbled
around the edges"
(but that being said MP3's can also sound quite good too - always use a
bitrate of 192k or higher and 'stereo', not the default of 'joint stereo')
A uncompressed WAV file taken off a CD sounds exactly the same as the
CD it came from... and you could open and re-save as many times as you
want and it'll stay the same quality.
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As a side note:
Personally my computer is connected to the stereo so I can listen to
'computer music' just as i'd listen to CD/Radio/TV/etc ... plus then I can
record from anything as well .......