Re: Audacity (and Audio In)



On 30/10/05 3:35, in article
1h5941e.9t8nnw1bjdgzwN%andyfraser31@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Andy Fraser"
<andyfraser31@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Graham W <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Anyone happen to know if it's at all possible to make Audio In save
>> files in MP3? The AIFF files it saves are HUGE!
>
> I don't think it is but then that's why I use. IIRC AIFF files are
> uncompressed and maximum quality and that's what I want to edit. If you
> produce an MP3 but then need to edit it you've already lost something by
> converting directly to MP3. You'll lose more by uncompressing the MP3
> then re-encoding it again after editing. Encoding to MP3 (or any lossy
> compressed format) should be the final step. The point is the AIFF can
> be deleted when you know you won't need it anymore.

Do any tools edit FLAC or Apple Lossless?

Cheers,

Chris

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