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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] songs

2003-12-16 by feldmann@xs4all.nl

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:02:37 -0000, "Peter Connelly \(Core Design
Ltd.\)" <PeterC@Core-Design.com> wrote:

>Does that work converting the mp3 to wav??? 

You can convert them back, but....

>I thought if you converted an mp3 to wav you'd retain the mp3 quality in the same sort of way if you re-sampled a 11k 8bit sound to 16bit 44k, it would still sound closer to 11k 8 bit...

You are correct. The quality is still MP3.

>From: Colin Ross [mailto:colin.a.ross@btopenworld.com]

>anyone who gets the songs convert them to wave to hear the quality 
>of the pieces. 

Alas, this is not correct.

>They are mp3 128kbs which is not the bestest quality 

I'd say that 128 kbps is a pretty good quality for an mp3.

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