From jay.kominek@colorado.edu Sat Apr 13 21:50:26 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 14 Apr 2002 04:50:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 97625 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2002 04:50:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Apr 2002 04:50:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ucsub.colorado.edu) (128.138.129.12) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2002 04:50:25 -0000 Received: from ucsub.colorado.edu (kominek@ucsub.colorado.edu [128.138.129.12]) by ucsub.colorado.edu (8.11.6/8.11.2/ITS-5.0/student) with ESMTP id g3E4oPi01793 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:50:25 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:50:25 -0600 (MDT) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: poem recordings (was: Re: [lojban] Re: brify) In-Reply-To: <20020414044232.GE19164@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE From: Jay Kominek X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=20706630 X-Yahoo-Profile: jfkominek On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > 1. Speech is *REALLY* simple to encode. If your mp3 files are larger > than, say, 256KB per *minute*, you need to turn your mp3 encoding *way* > down. 24KHz, mono, 64Kbps should be *more* than sufficient. Heck, > 32Kbps is probably plenty. Voice is *really* cheap to encode. *dee*doo*dee*doo*dee*doo* Signal Processing Police! :) Actually if you know you're going to turn your recording into an MP3, you should record it at absolutely the highest quality you can manage. Stereo isn't worthwhile, but 44.1kHz, 16 bit is good. That gives the MP3 encoder more to work with, and doesn't affect the size out of the output. (You pick that with your bitrate, and is unaffected by the quality parameters you chose.) 48 to 64Kbps MP3s ought to be plenty for monoaural voice, particularly with a decent mic that will cut out background noise. (Plenty as in, flawless encoding.) - Jay Kominek Plus =C3=A7a change, plus c'est la m=C3=AAme chose