quick mp3 question

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a friend of mine is in a band and needs me to run off a LOT of his demos. i was wondering how much quality will i lose if i burn @ 48X, cuz i really have to make a lot so i dont have time to do 8X
 

Entity

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How is this an MP3 question?

...and 2) I wasn't aware that quality was affected at all by burning at a higher rate.

Rob
 

mjquilly

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doesn't matter. the only difference the speed you burn at will cause is either the cd burns successfully or it doesnt.
 

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If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob
 

Luagsch

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if your drive has burn proof just burn at max (if the disks can handle the speed)
 

nativesunshine

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from past experience..

certain older cd players won't be able to read it if you burn too fast.

just to let you know...
 

glen

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If your drive can do it, then you will get a bit for bit exact copy at any speed.
 

UglyCasanova

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Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob

Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
 

glen

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Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob



Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
Are you serious?
By definition, mp3 is a losey compression scheme.
 

UglyCasanova

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Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob



Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
Are you serious?
By definition, mp3 is a losey compression scheme.

Right, but I would figure going to wav wouldn't lose anything. I understand the other way around, but I thought that if you convert your mp3 to a wav file, your wav file will be the same quality as the source mp3.
 

glen

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Oh, my fault. I was thinking wav -> mp3.
You don't loose anything going from mp3 to Wav.
 

notfred

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Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: glen
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Entity
If you are going from MP3 -> Audio CD (MP3 -> Wav), you've already lost some quality.

You won't lose any more by burning at 48x vs 8x.

Rob



Why does MP3 -> Wav lose quality?
Are you serious?
By definition, mp3 is a losey compression scheme.

Right, but I would figure going to wav wouldn't lose anything. I understand the other way around, but I thought that if you convert your mp3 to a wav file, your wav file will be the same quality as the source mp3.

It will. You don't lose quality converting to wav, but you lost quality in the original conversion to MP3.
 

emmpee

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a band distributing a demo from mp3 source?! seems like you'd have better quality recordings to distribute...
 
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Originally posted by: emmpee
a band distributing a demo from mp3 source?! seems like you'd have better quality recordings to distribute...

It's going on a CD-R. That screams low budget. Besides, most demo tapes and CDs are thrown away
 

MisterPresident

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Here's what I've found about burn speed and recording:

When burning hard drive backups, and other compilations with many files, High speeds usually mess it up (probably because the cd will be read as fast as the drive can read it, up to 48 or 52x)

When burning audio, speed doesn't really matter, as it will be played back at 1x

I don't know if the "technical" details are 100% correct, but it works for me.
 

PHiuR

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Originally posted by: nativesunshine
from past experience..

certain older cd players won't be able to read it if you burn too fast.

just to let you know...

 

Sid59

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in the golden days, many people experienced errors, jitters and skips when burning audio cds faster than 16x. Some of the old school and purists still burn at 4x MAX and i know a few that still burn 1x.

mp3 to WAV = NO LOSS of quality
 

BennyD

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man, i burn at 48x and have had no problems what so ever, even buring thousands of images onto disks, aswell as archives
 

OIKOS

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..... a quick question.....

if u burn songs as .wav on the cd... CD players will be able to play it?????

lol.... thanks
 

Kev

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if you burn it at 48x instead of 8x, you will be able to fit 6 times the number of tracks on it!

or if you keep the same # of tracks, the quality will be exactly 6 times better!