thanks David,
Makes sense given the limitations.
I purchased Frick Pond on your site. Hope to stop by there next weekend -
will be canoe camping nearby on Big Pond.
nice site, by the way,
clay
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:25 PM, corticalsongs <>wrote:
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> > What is the bit rate and sample rate of the recording?
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> > I didn't see it on the site, perhaps I missed it.
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> > thanks
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> Hi. The bitrate is 256kbps @ 48kHz. The rate of the files was limited by
> the distribution media, which comes out practically to be a little over 4GB.
> So each file is about 2.2GB. The FLAC master weighs in at a whopping 16GB or
> so.
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> Having listened to this recording quite a bit, I have a very hard time
> hearing the compression at 256. There is a minor difference between the MP3
> and the FLAC version sonically, but some of this is volume. It was a real
> challenge to strike a balance between file size and fidelity, especially in
> distribution. Dolby Digital sounds quite similar to my ears and offers
> roughly comparable bitrates.
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> David
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