Re: [ARSCLIST] Preservation media WAS: Cataloguing still :-)

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was a program, simple one, called something like MP3Edit, that did exactly what you want, in 
the MP3 domain. At least I'm pretty sure of that. If it was transcoding and then re-squishing, it 
didn't leave any artifacts when you'd do something like cut the tails and heads on a file.

Conferences -- we still record ours on cassettes, nowadays having to pay $150 extra for a cassette 
machine in the rack. The audio guys are always offering to record on laptop. I always say, first 
where's the redundent laptop since it's as good as gold that it will crash at least once during the 
day? And, where's the dedicated recorder laptop since no laptop I've ever worked on can reliably run 
Powerpoint (usually with embedded effects, video or audio) and record a long WAV file. They quickly 
retreat and say, yeah, cassette's better for you. Our transcriber still works only with cassettes 
anyway. Lou, you should tell your guy to spring for $400 for an M-Audio flash recorder. That's 
plenty of fidelity for voices and will do WAV. You can fit plenty of 22K/16-bit wave (again, plenty 
for voices) on a 4 gig CF card.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Preservation media WAS: Cataloguing still :-)


you were clear except for the one detail. A number of programs can open
edit and resave as MP3 but none can restore full fidelity. Fraunhofer

I cannot think as a startup company, only as an audio engineer and a
listener. Audible did not serve my needs. Simple. I did credit them
14.95 for the product I bought!

Not meaning to sound mean, and I fully acknowledge that I can't drive
windows and it is my loss, but I don't mind...

I always record 24 bit, dither to 16 before converting and burnign
masters for replication...

<L>

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Sep 3, 2006, at 5:55 AM, Tom Fine wrote:

> Do the cutting/dividing BEFORE saving to MP3. Then, if you want the undivided file as the MP3, 
> save that to MP3. I'm assuming you recorded in full-resolution WAV, no? By the way, Soundforge 
> will open and edit and re-save MP3 files. Started with Version 7, when Sony finally ponied the 
> full monty to the Germans who own the MP3 patents. There are also several rudamentary but usable 
> MP3 editing programs, at least in the Windows world there are.
>
> Regarding Audible and Macs -- try to think of this from the point of view of a limited-funds 
> startup company. Are you going to go after 5% of potential users or 95%? I'm surprised they ever 
> had the resources to do a Mac version. That, again, is a credit to their innovative spirit and 
> skill set.=