[thelist] You can play a song but you can't download it

Stephen Rider evolt_org at striderweb.com
Fri Mar 4 11:52:35 CST 2005


On Mar 4, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Bernardo Escalona wrote:

> Actually you can use any software that can record sound (like
> soundforge), select the proper input device and record the stream
> without losing any quality whatsoever. then you edit it, split them
> into tracks if you want, and save them as wavs or mp3.

Minor technical quibble RE: that statement.  When you do this you are 
taking a sound signal and encoding it when you save it. MP3 and wav are 
"lossy" formats, and do lose a bit of sound quality every time you 
re-save or re-encode.  The meat of the statement is entirely correct 
however -- with proper settings, the loss of quality is such that 
generally only major audiophiles will ever notice the difference.

(and major audiophiles probably won't be satisfied with MP3s or 
streaming quality anyway, rendering the point moot ;-) )

Steve



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