Oh, it helpss a lot. I notice sometimes a book is so lousy to begin with that adjusting the rate doesn't matter. When a book cannot be saved and does not sound right to me, if I cannot get a better copy, I skip it. Sad, but what else can you do in some cases? Sometimes, when they copy a book, locally, the copy may have hiss in it, and sometimes, it does not. I have noticed that, too. But, I have no control over that. Cdex has no noise reduction. I do the best I can with what I have.
Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:58 PM Subject: Re: Bit rate > Hi there. I'm under the impression that a 192 bit file has more highs in it > than a 128 bit file. It probably is a personal preference, but I would > think that with a smaller file size, you would lose highs; but for music, it > would depend on what you like. I haven't done recordings of MP3's yet, but > if you download music, or make copies of CD's probably, different recordings > would show a higher bit rate. Maybe when copying NLS talkingbooks, you > might want to adjust the bit rates, depending on the specific books that > you'd want to copy. There is a trade-off, whereas if you want to put more > on a CD, you might have some loss in quality, but that might depend on what > you like. A 32-bit file is even smaller than a 128-bit file, but if you > have a muffled recording from a library or some place you're copying from, > you might want to rase the bit rate, if you don't mind a larger file size. > I hope this helps. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 9:38 PM > Subject: Bit rate > > > Hello, everyone, including happy encoders everywhere! > > Got a question for ya! How come some of you prefer music at 192? Does that > really make a difference than 128? Just wondering. > > I also encode talking books. Started doing this some time last year. When > I first started, I was doing books at 128. Or some setting like that. I > ddiscovered I could put up to nine NLS sides at that setting. But it caused > me to split some longer books between two andsometimes three discs. So, > eventually, I thought, hey, wait a minute, I guess I could adjust the bit > rate to a smaller setting. I played around with it and arrived at 32 for > talking books, because all they are, as you know is someone reading a book > anyway. Does it really matter all that much? I run my NLS player through > an older stereo and once in a blue moon, find a book I cannot save or > improve. It sounds so bad I could not encode it. Have you notice some of > the NLS books don't really measure up? Sometimes, parts of a book is > recorded too loud, parts are too soft, and I even came across some with hiss > in it. Now, I don't have those fancy editing programs like SoundF Forge or > Cool Edit. I cannot afford it! I have not figured out how to use Gold > Wave, and when I tried well, found it a bit puzzling. Anyway, I use > freeware and I guess some of you know about Cdex 1.5. I like it, even if it > does not have noise reduction and other features. I'm just glad to be able > to encode tapes. I do CD's too, so often switch between those formats. I > get chided by a friend of mine because I don't know how to use a CD > database. But the CD feature in Cdex is disabled when you use Record from > Analog Input. Anyway, just wanted to ask you guys the question about bit > rate and why the difference. Are there more highs at 192 than 128? > > Regards, > Mimi > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
