Subject:Saving MP3 files

Posted by: sirshambling

Date:2/21/2013 11:48:32 AM

When I save an existing MP3 files in SF the file is always stored in format 256kbits even though the original file format I use is 128kbits.

Is there any way to get SF to save my 128kbit files in the same format?

If I use "save as" i can get the files saved in 128 but just "save" always comes up as 256.

Thanks for any help?

Subject:RE: Saving MP3 files

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:2/21/2013 11:01:31 PM

Oversampling does no harm.
Saving lossy->lossy does do harm.

Subject:RE: Saving MP3 files

Reply by: rraud

Date:2/22/2013 10:10:24 AM

Assuming the 'Save as type' is set MP3, the "Save as> Custom Tab" opens a window with lots of parameter choices. You can select a preset or save your own.
Yes as 'MV' stated "Saving lossy->lossy does do harm". Every time an MP3 is re-encoded (saved) regardless of the parameter settings, quality is reduced to an extent and should be avoided until the final render. Working in an uncompressed loss-less format (Wave or AIFF) prior to that is SOP.