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With a little ingenuity you can also use Audacity for "ripping" external audio sources such ad CD's, vinyl records, and audio cassettes. It can also be used as a multi track recorder for creating your own music. And best of all, it is free!Īudacity can be used to record spoken word for presentations, interviews or podcasts.
#Do i need lame v3.99.3 windows
For those of us that use Windows on the PC, there is a very powerfull solution available to us as well. On the MAC, Garage band is considered the number one application for audio content creation. With the popularity of websites that can host personally created media content for free, more people want to be able to have their own virtual recording studio in their PC.
#Do i need lame v3.99.3 Pc
Recording audio and video using the PC is an ever increasing demand.
#Do i need lame v3.99.3 for free
Comments? Something I should know?Īnyway, that's where I am.Recording audio on your computer for free with Audacity.Īpplies to: Microsoft Windows, All current versions. Well, hard drive space isn't that much of a concern anymore, so why not just encode two channels independently? It probably even reduces artifacts, should there be any.Īnyway, that's where I am. For years I had been using Joint-Stereo because I had read that it is better-sounding and more efficient. There's one more change I made to my files. But, there are times when an mp3 does nicely.


I had no idea there could be such a radical (to me) difference between LAME codecs!ĭon't worry! I haven't crossed over to the dark side. Some of you guys have been using this 3.9 version all along and i'm just now catching up. For years I have been saying how I can always hear the difference between a lossless file and an mp3, and a lot of you guys kept calling BS on it. I can hear the difference on all of my devices, even on the main stereo system, the car, and even on the laptop speakers. I am converting those albums and files that have rich sonic qualities and deep bass so they can take advantage of the newer codec. So, I found a winner! I am in the process of re-converting a lot of my mp3 copies of my lossless collection with the newer LAME codec. With the newer LAME codec, I cannot hear much of any difference at all. With the older LAME codec, I heard a slight reduction in clarity and strength. For the test, I concentrated on the hi-hat since I love the way they were recorded: very clean, crisp, and clear. I loaded up two of my test files: Madonna's "Live To Tell" from the original "True Blue" CD, and "I Love You" by Donna Summer from her double Anthology CD from the 90s. The only thing I can think is that the newer LAME version is using more bits in the midrange and the bass regions, while the older version was inefficient in those areas trying to fill the entire spectrum. The older version looked just like a lossless file, while the one that blew me away (tired old audiophile cliche) had the more characteristic cutoff at 16,000 kHz with the lighter part reaching to 20,000 kHz. I then studied the spectral representation of files encoded with my old trusty 3.8 version and a 3.9 version made from the same lossless files. Oh, I can still hear a bit of a difference in the highs, and a slightly pronounced midrange that was confirmed with a frequency sweep, but overall, it just got harder to tell between lossless and this lossy LAME file! I repeated this with several types of music and came away with the same conclusion. The music sounds fuller and richer, just like the lossless source. All the depth of the lossless is there, and the bass is there. Well, when I decided to do an A/B comparison of a lossless file and a copy of it encoded with version 3.9, I could not believe it. Recently I started using the LAME 3.9, and what a difference! I had gotten used to the fact that the best mp3 still had weaker bass and slightly diffuse highs. For those years, i've been using the LAME 3.8 encoder.
#Do i need lame v3.99.3 portable
For years i've used mp3 for the car, on my bedroom stereo, and for portable use.

If you do not use mp3, kindly skip this thread and move on. This is a thread for those who use mp3 for whatever application.
