Hoster settings

[Mr Music]

What is every one useing for thier settings for importing disc and how have the results been?

I was using 96 k and the defalt settings on my DK discs but it sounds to compressed and seems recorded to low.

Whats your thoughts?

Chris

[kedmison]

Chris,

I experimented for quite awhile before I made up my mind. I did one discs in both 128k and 96k and listened for what I thought was the best sound. techniquely, yes, it will sound better with less compression but I urge you to really listen and try to tell the difference. My laptop runs through a Mackie CFX-12 mixer. What very little noticable difference in 128k and 96k I was able to adjust with the mixer where no difference could be detected. Therefore I opted to go with 128K and save a little more room on the hard drive. Try the same songs at different compression and invite a few people in to listen to which they think sounds best. You might be suprised. Good Luck.

Kelly

[Mr Music]

Correct me if I am Wrong but isint 96 k a tighter compression making the file smaller?

I was Told the 96k in this format wma is like a 128 k in mp3 format. I do my mp3 for PCDJ in 128 and it proves to be pretty darn good but the 128k with hoster is like double inside.

Any idea on this.

Chris

[kedmison]

Chris,

Yes, the 96k is a tighter compression than the 128k. As I had said, I couldn't tell enoguh difference in quality so I went with the tighter compression (96) to save a little more space on the hard drive. How it compares to MP3 I'm not sure. I did do some research on the web a while back in the difference between wma and MP3. I would say that 9 out of 10 of the sites that I checked stated that wma had a better sound quality. You might go to google and check out the different articles.



Kelly

[Mr Music]

OK I am useing the 96K as well I guess I read your post wrong sounded like you were useing the 128k. Have you messed around with the other settings for Compression and limiting?

Chris

[kedmison]

Chris,

No I haven't used the other settings yet,...and also you need to make sure you use the the right post for these questions, we're in the testamonial section.

Kelly:)