Best way to render from wav to mp3

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Posted by Microlab on Mar-06-2014 01:11:

Best way to render from wav to mp3

Hello again, my beloved members, I missed you I have to admit

Well it's time for me to render my track. I want to render it in wav first but what is the best plugin available to convert it into mp3 afterwards? I think the quality of an audio file converted directly into mp3 in FL Studio is not good. What can you recommend?

FL users: How do you render your tracks?

Posted by Mel David on Mar-06-2014 10:11:

I always just use iTunes to do the conversion from WAV > MP3 or AAC as I can then edit all the information tags easily in the same app and add artwork.

Just use 320kbps, joint stereo and you'll be fine. If you are going to use the audio for a video project (eg YouTube) then best to use 48KHz sampling rate instead of 44.1KHz.

Posted by farris on Mar-06-2014 11:51:

LAME.

Posted by evo8 on Mar-06-2014 12:21:

quote:
Originally posted by farris
LAME.

+1

Posted by Microlab on Mar-06-2014 15:24:

I have tried to convert my wav using Cdex, Lame and Winlame and the result is the same - I just hear complete silence all over my mp3. Can anyone help me please? Really weird

Posted by SystematicX1 on Mar-06-2014 16:28:

Audacity

Posted by Storyteller on Mar-06-2014 16:32:

quote:
Originally posted by scorpradio
Audacity

Which uses Lame .

Posted by kosmotika on Mar-06-2014 17:16:

I render everything at 16-bit wav now since some of the sites I distribute on can't handle 24-bit. As for conversion from wav-mp3, I just use Wavepad and save the file as a 320kbps mp3.

Posted by stewart.m on Mar-06-2014 19:56:

i render my shit to wav then mp3 so i have both files

Posted by MSZ on Mar-07-2014 20:19:

I've been using razorlame 1.1.4beta with lame for many years now.

Posted by Microlab on Mar-07-2014 22:08:

quote:
Originally posted by clay
i just use the 320kbps mp3 encoder in itunes if i plan on sending out my rendered wavs as promos. if not i just stick to wav.

hello clay

Posted by PaULiN0 on Mar-07-2014 23:41:

Its def not lame to use lame.

Posted by Lith on Mar-08-2014 02:05:

I use Lame as well, from WAV. WAV is rendered as the highest quality anything it's being created from (24/16).

I sometimes like the compression artifacts at 192, but 320 would be the minimum you should submit a demo I'm sure.

Posted by kosmotika on Mar-08-2014 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Lith
I sometimes like the compression artifacts at 192, but 320 would be the minimum you should submit a demo I'm sure.

320kbps is the industry standard for releases, though for DJing it's said that anything 192+ will sound decent.
Nearly all labels will ask for either 320kbps or 16/24 bit wav.

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Mar-08-2014 14:39:

Except studies show people tend to prefer mp3s . Studies done over a few times on many size systems. Personally it think it adds a character that the young ins have grown accustomed to.v

Posted by Microlab on Mar-08-2014 19:16:

quote:
Originally posted by clay
if your plan is to send out mp3 i would rather render my tracks in 16bit 44,1kHz instead of 24bit 96kHz because some mp3-decoders fuck up the bit depth transition especially, from 24 to 16, as well as the sample rate.

my last release on a label was completely destroyed due to me sending the label a 24bit wav; just listen here:

fucked up decoding:
http://www.play.fm/shop/track/id/6764216

correct version (re-released by myself):
http://www.junodownload.com/product...2-02/?trackid=4

this has happened with many artists i know when supplying 24bit version wavs to labels. just dont do it.

industri standard is not 320kbps mp3. its 16bit 44,1kHz wav. no dj should use any less. 192kbps sounds terrible, 320 works on iphone and docking stations, but a proper stereo or even worse on a PA club system.

wtf, who would buy that distorted version?

Posted by MSZ on Mar-08-2014 19:26:

I send in all my work 24bit, dont think i've ever had problems outside of not that good mastering done hehe.

Posted by DJ RANN on Mar-08-2014 19:54:

I can't understand why any DJ would use anything less than wav.

On large systems, even 192 mp3's can sound really bad and although the difference between 320 and wav will go unnoticed by most people, storage space and bandwidth have become so abundant that there's just no need to use mp3's anymore.

My phone's built in memory (before I start adding HDMC cards) let's me store 53 full CD spec albums. That's 60 hours, or 2.5 days of continuous audio.

If Dj's get real, and understand they don't need a 50,000 song library to play a 2 hour set of niche music (it's not like they're mobile wedding DJ's and even then, they all play the same 200 songs anyway).

wav or flac really should be the only standard these days.

Posted by PaULiN0 on Mar-13-2014 19:36:

Thats nutting, you know what I just figured out, the only the best and maximum quality for ripping a wav to mp3 is buy purchasing both files at beatport. They know best bro.

Much better than thunder cult

Posted by DJ RANN on Mar-13-2014 21:38:

quote:
Originally posted by PaULiN0
Thats nutting, you know what I just figured out, the only the best and maximum quality for ripping a wav to mp3 is buy purchasing both files at beatport. They know best bro.

Much better than thunder cult

Posted by PaULiN0 on Mar-13-2014 22:58: