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

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toffee_paul
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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: UK

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

Nov-09-2002 01:05

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edifusRex
Junior tranceaddict

Registered: Feb 2002
Location: So Cali

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

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Nov-09-2002 06:16 United States

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toffee_paul
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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: UK

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?

Nov-09-2002 12:15

DJ Mikey Mike
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Registered: Jan 2002
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bah toffee paul ur name makes me so hungry!!!! lol

Nov-09-2002 13:01

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futurevision
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: SYDNEY

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

are u going to eat him?

Nov-09-2002 13:56

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DJ Mikey Mike
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Registered: Jan 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by djchamps
are u going to eat him?

when he least expects it i will lol

Nov-09-2002 14:04

cbxzcm
Senior tranceaddict

Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Daly City, California

This link could be useful:

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

Nov-09-2002 16:39

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T_2199
life on mars ?

Registered: Dec 2001
Location: An der schönen Stadt am Main (Frankfurt)

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

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edifusRex
Junior tranceaddict

Registered: Feb 2002
Location: So Cali

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.