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Audition won't let me go any higher than 160 mono...How are you making it work at 256 mono? That's only about 3:1 compression from wav...There are encoders that will do 2:1 lossless. I think FLAC is about that size. But yes, if you're able to save as 256 mono, that would be MUCH closer to the original than 320 stereo.

I usually do 128 mono. If it's a larger client and I'm taking a little extra time, I send 160 mono. The next step would be simply sending a wav, if they want higher quality.

Emmett
 
Through the years I saw a lot of posts that recommended LAME ENCODER. It comes as a DLL file so it needs something to "front end" for it. On the page where I downloaded LAME, (it's a free download) I think there was a DOS shell that could also be downloaded.

I use Total Recorder to load the .wav file and then ask it to SAVE AS mp3. You cannot believe how many different Kb combinations LAME offers. I just took a file and saved it at 320kbps mono. Got a size reduction of about 4.3. Saved it at 160kbps and got a size reduction of about 8.6.

I had read many times that the mp3 in Audition was not top quality. That may have been versions prior to 2.0. Lately I have been using mp3PRO in Audition and the files sound good. (My ears are not as sensitive as they once were.) Using LAME gives me so many MORE choices of quality.

Sorry, I didn't look up the download site. Google LAME mp3.
 
Audition uses the FhG encoder. There's no question that LAME performs better at lower bitrates, especially 128 stereo. The debate between FhG and LAME comes into play when using higher bitrates. In the end, it's six of one, half-dozen of the other. And it's largely centered around the source material. FhG tends to do less masking and more filtering, while LAME does more masking and less filtering. Logic would suggest to me that FhG would be a little better for dry voice and LAME would be better with complex produced material...But I have not tested that hypothesis. Either way, keeping both codecs loaded and handy would not be a bad idea!

High Complexity AAC beats both of them and I wish everything would move toward that. Hell, even standard AAC is much better than mp3.

FWIW, a standard mono 44.1 wav runs at 705.6 kbps, so a 320 kbps mono mp3 is only cutting the file size a little more than half. If the client has a good connection, it might be worth just sending a wav or aiff file!

Emmett
 
Unless your clients are using dialup, there's almost no reason to be sending smaller mp3 files...mono or stereo.

Most of you have your own websites these days, and those websites usually have some sort of ftp server where you can upload files and then just send a link to your clients where they can download your files from.

If you can't do that, there are free and minimal fee sites like "YouSendIt.com" that allow you to upload a file and then email the link directly to your client.

I use both...YouSendIt comes in handy when either my server is down, or I'm stuck behind a weird firewall that won't allow me to connect to my ftp site.

Some of my clients email servers can't handle attachments larger than 5Megs, so I upload those files to my site also, and send along a link.

It's nice to do this way too, in case you have to leave your studio, and someone calls you and doesn't get the file or the link...you don't have to scramble and fumble to find the file in your sent email files...or worse, get up from the table you've just sat down to dinner at in the restaurant where you and your wife made reservations a month ago, to go home and re-email an mp3 file.

Just tell your client how to access the linked file, and bang...on to your appetizer!

Mike Bratton
Voice Guy

www.mikebrattonvoice.com
 
I am the voice of a local TV station in Vegas...and I upload all of my files to my website for the client to download. I send them 16 bit, 44.1 KHz, mono, WAV. Each minute of audio is 5 megs. That's quite easy to download for anyone on a broadband connection.

I title my files: "2008-09-07 - Family Guy Liners.wav"

This way, the most recent files always appear on the bottom. I leave the last two months of audio files up on the website so they can go back and download something again if need be. To make it look pretty, I use this piece of software:

http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/

Great software for your website that is highly customizable; yet incredibly easy to use.
 
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