What are the best LAME encode settings for trance/house/techno?

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Posted by toffee_paul on Nov-09-2002 01:05:

What are the best LAME encode settings for trance/house/techno?

I really need to encode some wave files of my tunes into mp3s but i want to know what the best settings to use are. i don't want to use lossless compression like monkey audio, it has to be mp3. i would like the optimum settings... size isn't really much of an issue but i would like to make at least a 40% saving on original wave file.

what i'm looking for here is a custom string i can use in razorlame instead of just picking the bitrate and pressing 'encode'.

can anyone help or recommend links?

Thanks
Paul

Posted by edifusRex on Nov-09-2002 06:16:

http://www.r3mix.net

bad ass site for mp3 encoding information

find the program RazorLAME (its a GUI for lame) and load the r3mix.net VBR Archive settings

most people cant tell the difference between an mp3 encoded with that and a CD (you can read about the testing he did on his site)

hope this helps

Posted by toffee_paul on Nov-09-2002 12:15:

thanks, i forgot to mention it before but i need don't want to use VBR. i will be using the mp3s in a prog called AtomixMP3 and i've noticed that searching isn't that accurate with VBR. is there any other setting i could use?

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Nov-09-2002 13:01:

bah toffee paul ur name makes me so hungry!!!! lol

Posted by futurevision on Nov-09-2002 13:56:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
bah toffee paul ur name makes me so hungry!!!! lol

are u going to eat him?

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Nov-09-2002 14:04:

quote:
Originally posted by djchamps
are u going to eat him?

when he least expects it i will lol

Posted by cbxzcm on Nov-09-2002 16:39:

This link could be useful:

http://www.audio-illumination.org/f...5&t=203&hl=user

Posted by T_2199 on Nov-09-2002 18:55:

use 196 kb/s!! I hear a difference between 128 and 196!! If you just have 2 cheap speaker than you can use 128..

Posted by edifusRex on Nov-10-2002 01:28:

quote:
Originally posted by toffee_paul
thanks, i forgot to mention it before but i need don't want to use VBR. i will be using the mp3s in a prog called AtomixMP3 and i've noticed that searching isn't that accurate with VBR. is there any other setting i could use?

Weird. I never seem to have problems with AtomixMP3 and the mp3's I've encoded.

Posted by toffee_paul on Nov-10-2002 01:45:

so you never head any problems skipping to certain parts of a tune accurately?

Posted by arctic on Nov-10-2002 03:56:

yeah, just use LAME 3.92, 192, constant bitrate, use DB POWERAMP, or EAC (www.dbpoweramp.com), (www.exactaudiocopy.de)....