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Subject:Storage Space Posted by: Engineer Date:6/18/2001 12:20:40 AM For anyone wanting to increase storage space on Mono CD read on. I have been collecting old time Radio stuff on cassette for the past 30 years, and have been looking at CD as a replacement storage. The product is all mono, so this is how I end up with over 2 hours material on the one CD. Create files Single track MONO in Sound forge of around 60-70 mns. Save to hard drive. Select OPEN, and place a tick in the box MERGE L/R TO STEREO. Select two tracks. These will open in Sound Forge as two seperate mono files (not mixed together). Save this as a stereo file. Burn it. I use CD Architect. The stereo file is loaded into CDA, then I track mark the files while in CDA. Some tracks will be for the left channel while others the right channel. As this is for storage only, there is no great problem with a track mark meant for say left track falling in the middle of a program on right track, when you consider 1000 hours will fit on 500 CD's. Well it works for me anyway. Bill Woolford
Subject:RE: Storage Space Reply by: Rednroll Date:6/19/2001 5:26:28 PM Why go through so much work? Just convert those files to MP3 Mono with a bitrate of at least 128Kbs. I started making my own party mix CD of my favorite songs. I'm up to 175 songs now using a bitrate of 128Kbs stereo. I ran out of favorite songs before I ran out of storage space on 1 CDR. If you did this with mono files you could probably save 500 songs on 1 CDR and have no noticable loss in sound quality. Your method, you will be lucky to save 30 songs. Most new CD players will be supporting MP3 playing capability too, so this is the best method for archiving and playability. Regards, Brian Franz
Subject:RE: Storage Space Reply by: Engineer Date:6/20/2001 7:40:34 PM Thanks for your suggestions, but I have been using this system many years prior to MP3 being thought of, plus for Radio Broadcast work I need some system that is compatable with broadcast systems (CDA format). Bill Woolford

Subject:Storage Space

Posted by: Engineer

Date:6/18/2001 12:20:40 AM

For anyone wanting to increase storage space on Mono CD read on.
I have been collecting old time Radio stuff on cassette for the past 30 years, and have been looking at CD as a replacement storage. The product is all mono, so this is how I end up with over 2 hours material on the one CD.

Create files Single track MONO in Sound forge of around 60-70 mns.
Save to hard drive.
Select OPEN, and place a tick in the box MERGE L/R TO STEREO.
Select two tracks. These will open in Sound Forge as two seperate mono files (not mixed together).
Save this as a stereo file. Burn it.
I use CD Architect. The stereo file is loaded into CDA, then I track mark the files while in CDA.
Some tracks will be for the left channel while others the right channel.
As this is for storage only, there is no great problem with a track mark meant for say left track falling in the middle of a program on right track, when you consider 1000 hours will fit on 500 CD's.

Well it works for me anyway.

Bill Woolford

Subject:RE: Storage Space

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:6/19/2001 5:26:28 PM

Why go through so much work? Just convert those files to MP3 Mono with a bitrate of at least 128Kbs. I started making my own party mix CD of my favorite songs. I'm up to 175 songs now using a bitrate of 128Kbs stereo. I ran out of favorite songs before I ran out of storage space on 1 CDR. If you did this with mono files you could probably save 500 songs on 1 CDR and have no noticable loss in sound quality. Your method, you will be lucky to save 30 songs. Most new CD players will be supporting MP3 playing capability too, so this is the best method for archiving and playability.

Regards,
Brian Franz

Subject:RE: Storage Space

Reply by: Engineer

Date:6/20/2001 7:40:34 PM

Thanks for your suggestions, but I have been using this system many years prior to MP3 being thought of, plus for Radio Broadcast work I need some system that is compatable with broadcast systems (CDA format).

Bill Woolford