Playing 320s will make your girlfriend leave you. True story, happened to me. She said once you go FLAC you never go back....
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Playing 320s will make your girlfriend leave you. True story, happened to me. She said once you go FLAC you never go back....
320 all the way, but i do all my vinyl rips as 24bit wav files..so when i warp them in Ableton I can save down to 320 no prob. I also save FLAC version of all my rips for back up.
I've always wondered why broadcast wav files aren't supported. It's a wav file with a bext chunk for metadata. So you'd be able to input info into the wav file. We've been using that format for YEARS in the movie industry.Quote:
Originally Posted by diezdiazgiant
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Originally Posted by xtianw
same with how well you can mix and beatmatch etc. the only people in the club or bar that notice are the people that spin themselves. people go out to have a good time, drink, and dance. play stuff they want to hear, or keep a groove they can dance to and they go home happy.
:| thought this topic had more flame potential. so far, mostly reasonable posts with only a little bit of nonsense here and there...
sorry to disappoint :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by itskindahot
There's definitely a difference between uncompressed audio and mp3 on large systems, personally for the sake of a couple of extra pence and extra mb I go for uncompressed audio.
Beatport sells 320s as standard…what other information do you need?
The only reason to use Wav files is if you're using Ableton. It converts everything to wav anyway and stores them in it's cache file, so compressed formats actually use more disk space than just keeping wav files, and it can cause glitches if you try to use a song that isn't in its cache, because apparently the conversion takes enough processor that if you're already up around 70% processor use (not uncommon), it can bump you up to where sound starts glitching and dropping out.
For everything else, 320 is great. I still get flac or alac when I can in case I have to do an edit, and if I process an mp3 through Ableton as an edit, I either leave it as a wav or a flac afterwards as opposed to sending it through the mp3 algorithm again…but it's not that big of a deal.
I have a couple mp3s of bootleg remixes I've done that started with an mp3 file…and they still sound okay even on a big system. Not ideal, but okay.
that's why I prefer FLAC : lossless, metadata and a 1/4 the size.Quote:
Originally Posted by n2hf1st
But if the tune is right, & rare as f*ck, I've been known to play 128k. Just boost the bass, lower the highs.
About no-one-will-notice: yeah, if the club system is shitty, sure but if it's good watch out for those highs boy, they kill the ears and annoy everyone present.