Paolo_ Posted April 3, 2003 Report Share Posted April 3, 2003 What program do you use to download MP3's for your MiniDisc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 Most of my audio comes directly from CD's I own. I get some mp3's off kazaa. I use simple burner and dino's method to put audio on a minidisc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just_visiting Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I use realtime recording in SP mode. I buy all my cd's and don't do MP3's. I can't stand MP3 qualities that yoou get off the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo_ Posted April 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Hmm... Okay, so you guys just get CD's and use the simple burner or something similar to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 Yeah, I mostly use CD's for the same reason as just_visiting...most the mp3's online have some kind of horrible encoding. If you're lucky, you can find decent mp3's on kazaa if you download higher bitrate (>128 kbps) that sound fine. I have a cd burner and I copy my friends' CD's everytime I get the chance, so I have a bunch of cd's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo_ Posted April 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 Oh, all the songs i get are 160 or 192 in Bitrate. I dont like kazaa, cause of the spyware and horrible file viewing. Like song length, bitrate, and how many in queue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 wouldnt it be better to convert all mp3 files to wav first? thats what i always do..might be a hassle for some..but at least im getting it at pure cd quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 and for songs that are at 128...just convert them to a higher bit rate..i guess that should solve it..i mean..if the source are from cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 You don't like the spyware on kazaa? try out this program: http://www.dietk.com/ (Download button is at the top.) It's a great program that hacks kazaa and eliminates spyware and other such crap. it makes kazaa run more efficiently and downloads are faster. I've been using it for months without anything other than satisfaction. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 WHOA, Nate! I read your thing backwards. When you convert mp3 back to wav, you don't gain quality! You're wasting a lot of time doing that! The extra music data that was shaved off in compressing audio down to mp3 format can't be regained when you convert to wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daijoubu Posted April 11, 2003 Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 and for songs that are at 128...just convert them to a higher bit rate..i guess that should solve it..i mean..if the source are from cdsTHIS IS THE WORST THING TO DO!!! RE-ENCODING AT HIGHER BITRATE!!! It doesn't give more quality!! In fact, it can only get even worst!!! You're adding more atfacts to the sound!!! AHHHHHHHH *panic* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo_ Posted April 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 I use this program called MP3 Trim, which fixes the volume of the MP3 to make it equal, or at best as it can. It analizes it, and does not max it out, but simply fixes it... It can cut time from beggining, for quite times, and even at the end... I like it a lot... It is helpful for any low volume songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 11, 2003 Report Share Posted April 11, 2003 i just downloaded audiostocker...and was wondering..does anyone use that with eqs or without? if with eqs...what are the best settings? another thing...i have soundblaster live value..and what would be the best setting for the bass and trebel 50% still sounds a little bit too high..if..say i wanna get true line out quality like how you would get from..say a discman? do i set it to zero on both settings? or should trebel be slightly higher than bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 I use Direct Connect. Best p2p out there. http://www.neo-modus.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted April 13, 2003 Report Share Posted April 13, 2003 I like direct connect when I'm feeling like actually applying myself. It has really good selection for files, but you have to mess with jumping from server to server and you can't download from more than one person at a time so the download speeds are slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo_ Posted April 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 hmm... Direct COnnect has limitations, i need like 5 gb of files to share to connect on some servers, adn i aint got that many... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 1. When the MP3 is created you are stuck with that bitrate and the data that it saves (and looses) - if you convert it to a higher bitrate you gain nothing - the computer does not just recreat that lost data - no advantage - same for WAV conversion - just use the MP3's at whatever bitrate you have them, or re-rip directly from the audio cd. 2. 128bit is the MP3 spec for CD quality - for whatever that is worth. 3. You can also check out kazaa lite (www.kazaalite.com) it is a spyware free version of kazaa as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daijoubu Posted April 14, 2003 Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 128bit eh? What are you talking about... Most peoples consider 256kbps MP3 encoded with LAME be transparent "CD Quality" it's still a waste of space, VBR rules www.k-lite.tk is better than the official kazaalite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo_ Posted April 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 iunno, i find 160 to be the best for me... As a fourteen year old, yea but now i'm looking for 320's which are bloody hard tof ind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 can anybody suggest a program that works on a Mac? i've tried Limewire, but there doesn't seem to be too much on there :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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