yes, it's just like editing a jpeg and saving your changes as a jpeg --
you're going to lose that quality again. however, it's far more subtle imo,
it would take a very trained ear to even detect artifacts.
-sean
----- Original Message -----
From: Shimone Samuel <shimone@pnbc.net>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>; <ambient@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 12:10 PM
Subject: (amb) Compression
quoted 12 lines What with all the talk on the IDM list regarding MP3's I feel ok asking
> What with all the talk on the IDM list regarding MP3's I feel ok asking
> a semi-related question so here goes....
>
> If I take an MP3 and convert it to .WAV and then make some adjustments
> and reconvert it to MP3 do I lose any sound quality? If there are any
> web-geeks out there who have ever tried to take a .JPG and the work on
> it and recompress it then you'll know what I mean.
>
> Thanks
> Shimone
>
>