Subject:Does AAC LC Work the Same as AAC File Format?

Posted by: Razor7Music

Date:1/19/2012 10:34:50 AM

Hello--

I've been working with pro audio for decades but I've just been asked to work on an audio project at work that is using streaming protocols and the audio format I need to edit in SF is AAC-LC. I know SF will open AAC (and then after editing in SF I can save in MP3 and then use a 3rd party untility to convert the audio back to AAC), but what I don't know is if SF "sees" AAC-LC the same as AAC or if I have a problem?

Subject:RE: Does AAC LC Work the Same as AAC File Format?

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:1/19/2012 11:37:52 AM

AAC-LC is just a low profile encoding, so if your applications handle AAC-MAIN, they should handle LC with ease, all things being equal.

"I can save in MP3 and then use a 3rd party untility to convert the audio back to AAC"
You don't want to do that. If you can't save what you want in Sound Forge, then save a lossless intermediate (PCM) for handoff to another encoding program, (not mp3 which is lossy compression).