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When you open up an mp3 file for editing, edit it, then save, if you save it at the same quality as before. Is quality lost even more so as u are again compressing the audio file?

If its the same, what about files that are variable bit rate. If u edit it, remix or it or whatever, when u save it again, is quality lost if u save it at the same bit rate, as with variable...well..it's varialbe isn't it. So surely it will change the quality again.

Any thoughts?

Cheers!

Elliot

Hi,

yeah, I think that decoding an mp3 file, then reencoding it, you'll loose quality. You'd better keep it as wav or FLAC, which is lossless, 2 times smaller than wav and compatible in Live.
Try an experience: decode and encode the same file over and over in mp3, and see if you hear the difference. But logically, you soon should hear it well.

Best,
amo