Why do mp3's sound shit?

[matsa]

This sounds OK in Sonar, but then the conversion is crap

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...?bandID=380393

edit: since deleted

[AlexHall74]

What bitrate did you convert it into?

320 kBps/sec = CD Quality

192 kBps/sec = Pretty Good

128 kBps/sec = P2P Crap

96 kBps/sec = SHITE!!!

[matsa]

Yikes is it? Its 128.
Fanx mate

edit: Bollox. Soundclick only allows 128 ks uploads. Is there any hosting site that offers more fo free, dya know?

[AlexHall74]

Originally Posted by matsa

Yikes is it? Its 128.
Fanx mate

edit: Bollox. Soundclick only allows 128 ks uploads. Is there any hosting site that offers more fo free, dya know?

That's a good question, Matt.

What about "MySpace.com" sites?

Internationally known artists demo their stuff there, maybe the site's specs are better?

Also, what if you just make the file available via a hypertext link download?

Can you just list a file there for download and not streaming playback?

I'm kind of ignorant on that topic, oh well.

[matsa]

Woohoo! That's better! This site was free and here's a couple of chunes:


http://www.snapdrive.net/files/10505...%20Auntmp3.mp3

http://www.snapdrive.net/files/10505...eft%20foot.mp3

[Timo]

Use the LAME encoder, and tweak the encoding settings to get the best/optimal result with using your particular audio. Use a quality setting of 0 (zero), it'll take longer to encode but it's a much better algorithm. The end file size wont be any different.

I use the LAME codec but with the RazorLame GUI front-end (makes it much easier to tweak).

Lame: http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm
RazorLame: http://www.dors.de/razorlame/download.php

You'll need to point RazorLame to the "LAME.exe" file once everything's installed (you can do this by going to the options in RazorLame and browsing for the Lame.exe file).

[matsa]

Timo I used the Lame encoder on a program called dBpower AMP. It's only a 30 day free trial thing. I used to use Sound Forge 5, but it's given up the ghost! Cheers. That razor lame looks the business.

[AlexHall74]

Originally Posted by matsa

Timo I used the Lame encoder on a program called dBpower AMP. It's only a 30 day free trial thing. I used to use Sound Forge 5, but it's given up the ghost! Cheers. That razor lame looks the business.

LAME and RazorLAME rule!

dBPoweramp sux!

I hated it.

Please note that I have had problems with newer versions of LAME, I am using 3.93 as I know it is stable and produces impeccable audio files.

Just my .02.

[matsa]

I had never heard of LAME before. Shows just how lame I am..

Good tutorial about Timo's advice here:

http://users.pandora.be/satcp/razorlame01.htm

Cheers boys