On Mar 24, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Doopeyduk@aol.com wrote:
quoted 16 lines In a message dated 3/24/05 2:52:30 AM, n3wjack@gmail.com writes:>
> In a message dated 3/24/05 2:52:30 AM, n3wjack@gmail.com writes:
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>> "progress doesn't come from early risers
>> progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things"
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> Thanks for all the input, though I am lazy, and basically ripping my
> CDs
> using Itunes (on a G4 ibook), which gives me the option of AAC, Apple
> lossless and
> AIFF, in addition to MP3. any of these first three work as a decent WAV
> substitute?
>
AIFF is pretty much equivalent to WAV. It is uncompressed, and on the
Mac nearly any audio app can read it. The files are fast to rip and
really huge, but they sound just like the original.
Apple Lossless also sounds just like the original, but it is
compressed, so the files are about half the size of an AIFF or a WAV.
They take longer to rip, but if you're short on disk space, this will
save you a lot. It is a proprietary format and software support for it
is still limited, however you can always use iTunes to recover an AIFF
from it.
AAC is lossy, like MP3, but is reported to have a better audio
quality/size ratio. So a max quality AAC may sound a bit better than a
max quality MP3, but I don't know how significant the difference really
is. Software support for this is also fairly limited, though I know
Traktor adds support for it in 2.6, if that's what you're using. Still,
it seems like this option may not be the best for your needs.
--
Tim Moore
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