sysmalakian:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
329 days ago
SabedLeepski:
Surfin‘ Europe, for surf (related) gigs and events in Europe 
https://sunb...
290 days ago
SHADOWNIGHT5150:
I like big reverb and i cannot lie
223 days ago
SHADOWNIGHT5150:
Bank accounts are a scam created by a shadow government
223 days ago
sysmalakian:
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
209 days ago
dp:
dude
190 days ago
Bango_Rilla:
Shout Bananas!!
145 days ago
BillyBlastOff:
See you kiddies at the Convention!
129 days ago
GDW:
showman
80 days ago
Emilien03:
https://losg...
2 days ago
#ShallowEnd is empty.
No polls at this time. Check out our past polls.
No contests at this time. Check out our past contests.
November Birthdays
Reduce file size, not quality.
Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 253 Motor City Surfer 
|
Posted on Feb 20 2010 02:40 PM
Hey guys, I've got a recording that is 8.39 megs in size, and I need to reduce it to 8 megs or less in order to post it on ReverbNation.com. Thanks guys,
|
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19265 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
|
Posted on Feb 20 2010 05:29 PM
What format is it in now? If it is already in mp3, I'd just increase the compression one notch. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Nov 15, 2008 Posts: 8 Stuttgart / Germany |
Posted on Jan 05 2011 11:10 PM
depends on what file format you want or have to use. There are lossless compression algorithms that won't harm your audio but these are not as efficient and wide-spread as e.g. the MP3 format. Greetings - the Fenderizer —they're coming to take me away, hahaaa ... |
Joined: Nov 11, 2008 Posts: 91 Detroit, MI
|
Posted on Jan 15 2011 08:58 AM
the only way to 'compress' it is to lower the quality or bit rate of the mp3. mp3 encodes and compresses sound or video files and the bit rate is the quality it compresses them at. so thus, lowering the bit rate will lower file size. if you lower it to 128 that is usually the threshold of good mp3 quality. anything lower sounds like a cellphone recording. —Knarle Tidehttp://www.facebook.com/knarletide |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
|
Posted on Jan 15 2011 09:51 AM
I think 256 is my threshold. Especially with surf music. 128 is why mp3s have a bad name. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1223
|
Posted on Jan 15 2011 01:15 PM
I'm personally okay with 192, but maybe the years of listening and playing rock n' roll have taken their toll on my hearing. —Sean Surf CD's / Vinyl / Fanzines / DVD's |
Joined: Feb 18, 2010 Posts: 260 Lake Forest, CA
|
Posted on Jan 15 2011 08:42 PM
If you want to keep it in mp3 format you could always encode with a variable bit-rate to keep the file size down. A 200-ish VBR mp3 will be indistinguishable from a 320 constant bit-rate mp3 to 95% of people and takes up much less space. I've seen tons of audiophiles fail ABX tests against VBR mp3s, so if they can't tell the difference then it's good enough for me Hot Summer Comes Again! |
Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1556 Israel 
|
Posted on Jan 16 2011 02:19 AM
SUBJECTIVELY: OBJECTIVELY: Mp3 encoders add noise, to reduce perceivable aliasing that comes with resampling the data. So NEVER re-encode an already existing mp3 to a lower bitrate, it will sound horrible. ALWAYS sample the original WAV/AIFF/FLAC to the desired target. |
Please visit our friends in the surf music community:
Contact Us • About Us • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • Colophon
SurfGuitar101.com © 2004 - 2024 by Brian Neal. All comments and user contributed articles are property of the posters.
Thanks to all the surf bands, past and present. And thanks to all the fans who care about and keep surf music alive.
(I can). 320cbr or 256(ish)vbr is the bare minimum for me.