"Green Xenon [Radium]" <glucegen1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> geoff wrote:
>> WindsorFox<SS> wrote:
>>> Any thoughts on the best file for archiving music???
>>
>> Isn't FLAC lossless ? And WMA isn't ?
>>
>> I guess it depends on how much space you want to save. Why not just
LPCM
>> WAVs
>>
>> geoff
>
>
> As Geoff says use linear PCM Wave files with a sample-rate of at least
> 44.1 kHz and a bit-resolution of at least 16-bit.
>
> If you must compress, use WMA but do so with the following wisdom:
>
> Beware all digital audio compression formats other than WMA, stink
badly!!
>
> Here are my rules for digital audio:
>
> A. Whether compressed or not, the audio must be monaural and with a
> sample-rate of at least 44.1 kHz.
>
> B. The only compression allowed is WMA. No other compression format is
> permitted.
>
> C. In its uncompressed form, the audio must have a bit-resolution of at
> least 16-bit
>
> D. If compression is used, then the sample-rate of the compressed and
the
> uncompressed version of the audio must be the same.
>
> E. If compression is used, the only thing that should be decreased is
the
> bit-resolution. The sample-rate must remain unchanged
>
> Let's say a song that was originally recorded in stereo is given to me.
> The song must to be converted to mono* via the following steps:
>
> 1. Record audio from CD [or other stereo audio source] into Wavelab,
Adobe
> Audition [or other audio software] into a file. For simplicity let's
call
> this file "Track1.wav"
>
> 2. Make a copy of Track1.wav and save the copy as "Track1B.wav"
>
> 3. Open Track1.wav and reduce the gain of its audio by 77.5%
>
> 4. Convert Track1.wav to monaural audio
>
> 5. Save Track.1
>
> 6. Open Track1B.wav and reduce its audio gain by 50%
>
> 7. Invert the phase of the left channel of Track1B.wav
>
> 8. Convert Track1B.wav to mono
>
> 9. Save Track1B.wav
>
> 10. Create a new stereo wave file whose bit-resolution is 16-bit and
> sample rate is 44.1 kHz. For simplicity let's call this file
> "untitled.wav"
>
> 11. Copy and paste the audio of Track1.wav into the left channel of
> untitled.wav
>
> 12. Copy and paste the audio of Track1B.wave into the right channel of
> untitled.wav
>
> 13. Convert untitled.wav to mono
>
> 14. Save untitled.wav
>
> *Songs that were originally-recorded in stereo need to be converted to
> mono via the above 14 steps because different sounds are recorded
> differently in the L and R channels. The audio that is originally panned
> to the center is significantly louder than the audio whose phase is
> different in the left & right channels. This is why I reduce the
loudness
> of non-inverted stereo audio file by 77.5% [before converting it to
mono].
>
> In the stereo file whose left channel has its phase inverted, I decrease
> the loudness only by 50% and then convert it to mono. Usually -- the
lead
> vocals, bass, and percussion are recorded identically in both the left
and
> right channels. The piano, chorus, guitar, and synth pads are usually
> recorded differently in the left and right channel.
FLAC is lossless, reduces the disk space requirements by around 50
percent,
has sup****t for tagging, and is rapidly becoming the standard for lossless
music, unless you are using Apple's lossless codec anyway.
I currently store in excess of 500 gigabytes of lossless music this way.
Mark Z.
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