Subject:Best Quality?
Posted by: penseur99
Date:2/23/2003 8:58:43 PM
I wonder witch format type I should use to get the best quality of sound? wav, pca, w64, vox, ivc, dig. I don't mind ram space, I want the best, uncompress. Any of these that change the quality each time I re-save? like jpeg with picture, you know? Any one I should avoid? |
Subject:RE: Best Quality?
Reply by: Engineer
Date:2/23/2003 10:23:04 PM
I would say that the best sound quality would be WAV. Any type that compresses the file usually degrages the quality. |
Subject:RE: Best Quality?
Reply by: philsayer
Date:2/24/2003 3:32:01 PM
Sound Forge is a wave file editor, so whichever format you save in, it'll be converted to a .wav when you open it. Therefore, the ideal save format is .wav. Other formats, which almost all use file-compression, will inevitably degrade the file - and the more you re-open it and save it in those other formats, the more pronounced the effect will be. |
Subject:RE: Best Quality?
Reply by: musicvid10
Date:2/24/2003 8:38:12 PM
The exception is the Sonic Foundry .pca format, which is a lossless compressor. Although not compatible with third party software, I use it a lot for archiving. If you are storing a lot of audio, the modest compression is welcome. |
Subject:RE: Best Quality?
Reply by: penseur99
Date:2/25/2003 3:36:42 AM
thanks for the answers, and I am happy to see that I was using the good format. |
Subject:RE: Best Quality?
Reply by: PixelStuff
Date:2/27/2003 12:10:58 AM
I believe that *.aif files are uncompressed also. Though it is generally used on the Macs. JBJones |