Subject:MP3 Acid loops

Posted by: Laurence

Date:10/27/2002 8:24:40 AM

I just figured out that you can put headers on MP3 files! Boy that's cool! Espsecially on a limited laptop sized hard drive.

I have a couple of questions though: Are the MP3's expanded into uncompressed files when they are loaded into Acid? Can you put Acid headers on WMA files as well? Are there issues where compressed files don't sound as good stretched and transposed? Will the SF batch converter keep this header info in place when converting loops "en masse"?

Laurence Kingston

Subject:RE: MP3 Acid loops

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:10/27/2002 9:25:26 AM

Probably the biggest issue you'll have to worry about is that the MP3 spec requires a brief silence at the beginning of the file. This means that if you use MP3 files for loops, you'll probably have to "chopper" them all to set the starting point to the sound in the file and skip over the gap at the beginning.

Subject:RE: MP3 Acid loops

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/27/2002 11:26:08 AM

In addition to what Chienworks has said, you can also try Sonic Foundry's own compressed-but-lossless Perfect Clarity Audio (PCA) format, which if I remember right was available in ACID 3.0 and above. However, since this format is proprietary, you can't share such files with other apps that are non-SoFo.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: MP3 Acid loops

Reply by: Laurence

Date:10/27/2002 2:17:51 PM

I have no problem with needing audio gaps at the beginning, though I do run into that issue when I play back mp3's from other players. Maybe that is because Acid is decompressing them when they load.

Laurence Kingston

Subject:RE: MP3 Acid loops

Reply by: Jessariah

Date:10/27/2002 4:46:01 PM

Also, if you have a few C-notes laying around, they make 20 & 30G USB hard drives that are about the size of a palm pilot.