Re: Question re MP 3 compression; Kherz; and Digital Recording Basic

["Derek Holzer" derekatumaticdotnl]

Hi all,

Lou Judson wrote:

> 3. As far as I know you can only make MP3s from 16 bit audio. Always
> dither 24 to 16 and save as a new files before compression.

I've made plenty of MP3s from 24 bit files, in fact I prefer it if
possible in respect to keeping dynamic range and reducing dithering
noise/artifacts before it gets to MP3. You'd have to ask an expert
whether LAME dithers before encoding, or encodes the frames from 24bit
directly.

I use LAME (by far the best encoder IMHO) to encode from the command
line, but there are plenty of graphical frontends for LAME for all
platforms.

best,
d.

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