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WinRAR + Audio Files
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Reece
Neuron Compost
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Posted : Oct 18, 2002 02:29
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hi all 
ive been using WinRAR to compress some audio files to transfer
them between my laptop and studio computer
(laptop doesnt have burner, gotta use floppy's  )
anywaz, what i was wondering is, because its a form of compression,
does it seriously effect the quality of the audio?
thanx for any info
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jon
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Oct 18, 2002 02:53
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nope.... rar is lossLESS compression: the file you get out is identical to the file you put in (byte for byte).
There are 2 kinds of compression: lossless and lossy. Lossy compressions always lose some quality. Examples are mp3, wma (hoho), ogg,... Lossless don't...they include zip, rar, monkeys audio.
You should use Monkeys Audio: rar doesnt know that the file is audio, so cannot compress it much. Monkey Audio is designed especially for audio files, and is still lossless so you lose __no__ quality. It compresses files to about 50% their original size.
I use monkey audio e.g. to archive final versions of tunes i have written (& mixes ive done)... when mp3 is most certainly not good enough.....
http://www.monkeysaudio.com/ |
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KosMos
Drone
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Posted : Oct 18, 2002 02:54
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no it doesn't...
with the extraction the files return to their original form...
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Reece
Neuron Compost
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Posted : Oct 18, 2002 03:16
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thanx for the quick reply's!
cheers for the link too jon, i'll check into it
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organicparadox
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Posted : Oct 18, 2002 04:18
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jendoz
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Posted : Oct 19, 2002 00:57
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any archive dont hurt the the structure of the files inside !
even multiple volume rar archiving.
dont worry!
***dread controls***
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jendoz
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Posted : Oct 19, 2002 13:15
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