From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun Apr 14 00:01:40 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 14 Apr 2002 07:01:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 19966 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2002 07:01:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Apr 2002 07:01:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (216.231.54.78) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2002 07:01:39 -0000 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16we1n-000108-00 for ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 00:02:23 -0700 Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 00:02:23 -0700 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: poem recordings (was: Re: [lojban] Re: brify) Message-ID: <20020414070223.GG19164@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@onelist.com References: <20020414044232.GE19164@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Robin Lee Powell X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=66827819 X-Yahoo-Profile: robinleepowell On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 10:50:25PM -0600, Jay Kominek wrote: > > 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.) Ahem. Sorry, I was kind of tavla sepi'o le mi ganxo .u'i. I knew that it was possible to make *very* small voice MP3s, but wasn't clear on the details. > 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.) Personally, I find 32Kbps acceptable (just barely) with *music*, unless the stereo system is *very* good. But I'm weird. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. le datni cu djica le nu zifre .iku'i .oi le so'e datni cu to'e te pilno je xlali -- RLP http://www.lojban.org/