--- In wrote:
>
> > Robin, you're missing my point. I'm saying that the conversion to MP3
> > leaves a lot of information out. And I can't say I've ever heard an MP3=
> > version that sounds as good as a Wav version
>
>
> In all the A-B tests I did on mp3. I never heard anything left out. MP3
> always _adds_ artifacts, but with higher rates, these are low and perfect=
ly
> acceptable.
>
> There is no such thing as a perfect recording, and the problems I hear in=
> many recordings are not usually generated by mp3.
If anyone is interested in the result of inverting audio files, below is a =
demo.
This is part of a recording I made a few months ago with the Unley Symphony=
Orchestra. (Schoeps CCM4Lg in ORTF directly into a Sound Devices 702 at 24=
/96)
The first 20 seconds are the correct audio. 20 - 25 seconds is with the ori=
ginal wav file inverted (hence no output). 25 - 30 is back to the origiinal=
audio. 30 seconds to the end is with and MP3 version of the file inverted.
What you hear in the last part of the file is the audio that hasn't been ca=
ncelled out by inverting the phase. In other words, audio that was left out=
of the MP3 conversion.
Ironically, in order to upload the file, the final format is MP3.
http://acousticlight.net/blog/files/InvertedTest.mp3
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