WAV vs MP3?

elektrodisiac · Post by **elektrodisiac** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:20 am

i pondering converting all my music to WAV format.

the pros:

I believe that the sound quality is better, and that files load quicker

cons:
take up way more space, way more.

RESPONSES???

thanks for the input

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:42 am

Hard drive space is cheap. I use wav as much as possible.

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:43 am

You're not talking about converting mp3 to wav are you?

elektrodisiac · Post by **elektrodisiac** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:49 am

yes, i was talking about converting my mp3's to WAV format for quality/faster loading speed, ect.

i looked through the manual, and saw nothing about load up speed between mp3 and WAV?

what cha think?

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:01 am

you should know that converting an mp3 to wav will not make it the sound quality any better...

i personally would see very little point in doing it, unless load speed is an issue for you.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:02 am

Speed. Yeah. Since Live doesn't have to do the conversion for you.

Quality. Nay. Can't polish a turd, you know. Once downsampled/compressed there's no way to get those bits back.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:02 am

Almost simultaneous there, AM...

Winterpark · Post by **Winterpark** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:10 am

ya... snap

dcease · Post by **dcease** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:16 am

mp3 to wav blows chunks. i don't use any conversion on any of my stuff, and prefer the sound of aac to mp3 for other people's shit. and don't ever convert mp3 to aac. god... smearo shit stank there...

never pulled an mp3 into live, have used aac's from my itunes library, sure the sound wasn't as good as a wave would have been, but the files didn't act any different than wavs do for me. took a sec to analyze, but no longer than a wav of comparable length. maybe a hard drive issue?