long games in song during analysis?

chopper38 · Post by **chopper38** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:28 pm

after a song analysis, in some of the tracks, there are long gaps either at the beginning or at the end. how do i stop this?

please explain in ableton for dummies style

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:07 pm

Are these VBR MP3's?

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:34 pm

I don't think Ableton can play back games either.

chopper38 · Post by **chopper38** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:55 pm

WTF IS A VBR MP3?

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:50 pm

VBR just stands for Variable Bit Rate. It is a way of encoding mp3s that attempts to maximize sonic quality while creating the smallest possible file. Essentially, it analyzes how much information needs to be encoded throughout the song, then only uses a high enough bit rate to encode just that amount of information throughout time in the song.

However, I do not know how to fix the problem that you are getting. I use variable bit rate mp3s and they seem to be fine.

Sorry.

Just thought I would help on the definition though.

sqook · Post by **sqook** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:29 pm

Tarekith wrote:I don't think Ableton can play back games either.

No, but it would be rad if it had a mini-tetris game in the render window or something..

Amaury · Post by **Amaury** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:27 am

Hi,

Indeed, these long additional silence happen on a PC with VBR mp3 files when the default Directshow is used to decode the mp3. It is a good idea to install Quicktime player so it is used to decode mp3s.

Regards,
Amaury

anti-banausic · Post by **anti-banausic** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:32 pm

Ah, this is why it works for me then....Quicktime. Go an get it.