Hi Andre. Yes, it's certainly true that music of low complexity will need less information held to represent the music. When I've previously ripped in variable rate MP3 format with high quality, it was difficult to find a 60's track that wanted more than 192kbps whereas most off the music that I listen to, 70's and 80's classic rock, is looking for 256kbps and above.
When ripping in lossless WMA, this applies variable rate and so again will yield smaller files for music of low complexity. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "André van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:50 PM Subject: RE: ripping CD's with windows media player > Hi all > > Just another question about this for which there is probably not really an > answer. > > Are there some music which can actually be e.g. ripped to mp3 format without > really losing too much or no sound quality? > > I am thinking now of e.g. music recorded in the fifties and sixties, single > instruments or people singing with very small accomponiments? > > Just curious. > > Andre > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd > Sent: 04 June 2006 08:03 PM > To: PC audio discussion list. > Subject: Re: ripping CD's with windows media player > > Hi Mari. > > Not a stupid question at all - the myriad of formats are definitely > confusing until you get more acquainted with digital music. > > Basically, lossless means that nothing has been taken away from the music > during compression. So, all of your high and low frequencies are left > intact and therefore the quality of the source music is preserved. > > The opposite of lossless is known as lossy. This covers formats like MP3 > and WMA files ripped at lower bit rates. With lossy compression, some of > the high and low frequencies are lost to compress the music down into the > smallest space possible. There are also a number of psycho-acoustic > techniques used to remove parts of the music that is deemed will not be > missed by the listener such as quieter sounds that happen to be playing > whilst there is a louder sound almost obscuring it. All formats have their > own proprietary algorithms that dictate how the music is processed and > that's why it's never a good idea to convert from one lossy format to > another. > > Lossless files take up a lot more disc space than lossy formats and so it's > worth bearing this in mind when deciding on what format to use. > > Regards. > > Kevin > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mary dole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 2:35 PM > Subject: RE: ripping CD's with windows media player > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > Thank you so much for sharing the step-by-step method for extracting > > tracks with Windows Media Player. I have just begun learning how to do > > this, and I was a bit confused. One question: What is "lossless"? > > Stupid, I know, but I'm a beginner. Thank you again. > > > > Mari Dole > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd > > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:18 AM > > To: PC audio discussion list. > > Subject: Re: ripping CD's with windows media player > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ 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] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
