Greetings list--

I agree with Dean's suggestion, if the CD Audio format is not available.
It should be kept in mind that, even with today's frequency of sampling,
CD is already a compromise.  Music/sound is analog--smooth waves.
Digital conversion changes those smooth waves to abrupt on/off signals.
Multiple samples eases this, of course, but it is still a compromise.  MP3
is to sound what jpg is to images.  It is a compression scheme, and, as
with any compression scheme, data loss is a given.  It is also a
compression
scheme carried out on the already compromised CD Audio format.

If at all possible, to maintain the highest possible level of fidelity, it
is
best to burn music tracks in the CD Audio format, especially since the
stated desire here is to preserve LP music.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Kiley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Which Format?


> My personal opinion is MP3. I'm not to sure, but WMA files are not as
clean
> and they dont play back nearly as well on Winamp.
>
> My two cents worth...
>
> Dean Kiley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [PCSOFT] Which Format?
>
>
> > Fellow Listers,
> >
> > This is my first attempt at making music files.  I want to record music
> from
> > albums (remember those?  33 and 45 rpm) on to a cd.
>
>                 Curious about the people moderating your
>                    messages? Visit our staff web site:
>                     http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml

             Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to
                    Digest mode - visit our web site:
                   http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml