Re: Why bother with lossy encoding?

Roger <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:59:24 -0400
Newsgroups	gmane.comp.audio.audacity.general
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> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:30:58AM +0000, Steve the Fiddle wrote:
>Just a quick technical point: Increasing the sample rate of
>("upsampling") a recording, does not and can not improved the quality
>of the encoded sound. Once the sound has been recorded in digital

Exactly correct.

This is why I tried increasing sampling, while adding noise and augmenting 
frequencies.  (eg. ALSA LP effect filter.)  In essence, in an attempt to trick 
the ear.  Gives a neat "neato" effect, but really nothing more.

Once the recording is at 16-bits 44100Hz or less, not much more one can do with 
it.  Some day, I'll have to buy some 24-bit 48000Hz Mozart, and perform a 
side-by-side comparison.  As well as compare tape/LP medias, but I just figured 
at this point, I'll still be stuck with 16-bit 44100Hz recordings due to higher 
costs of the 24-bit 48000Hz media and the preference for portable digital media 
over non-portability and shortened life span of tape/LP medias.

Hence, just be content with what one has!


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Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/

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