wave file or mp3?

Do you mean for sound quality?

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Originally posted by Ygrene Do you mean for sound quality?

i know wave sounds better, but wave file takes up about 10 times more space then mp3 files.

Not because they sound better but because some CDJs don't have MP3 support and they are less prone to skip which is important if you are doing a live gig.

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Yeah, I guess that's the trade-off.

I don't play very many cd's so for me I'd go wav.

But for someone who's playing alot of discs may want to go mp3 for carrying purposes and whatnot.

Depends and what you prefer I suppose.

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Originally posted by Zild Not because they sound better but because some CDJs don't have MP3 support and they are less prone to skip which is important if you are doing a live gig.

have u heard both mp3 and wave at a club with nice big sound system.
can u really tell the diff.

I can't really tell the difference. Thats why I said the reason to use wavs instead is because its easier to skip if you're using MP3s and because some very popular CD decks don't have mp3 support.

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Originally posted by b20bigcam have u heard both mp3 and wave at a club with nice big sound system. can u really tell the diff.

well, i can tell the difference between a wav and a 192 mp3 on my shitty home system. as a rule of thumb ive been told that the bigger and cooler the system, the more noticeable the difference is. since you can already fit a bunch of tunes on a CD in wav format, id go with that. that horrible, \"tinny\" sound mp3s make would be awful on a big system imo.

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320 mp3's sound good, BUT wavs are better. Alot of people claim you can feel the music more with wavs. Just get a external hard drive. They do not cost that much. Hold all your wavs on that. Then rip a cd when you want. I keep all my stuff backed up on an external.

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you can definitely tell the difference between wavs and mp3s - especially at high levels. its not so noticeable at low levels and on less sensitive audio equipment. but then again, 80% of the people bopping to teh music are not liable to give a shit as long as you keep things moving and it doesnt sound so bad it impairs the music.

heck alot of the people i see at boiler house open deck nights dont even know when a record is trainwrecking. if they can listen to off tempo noise for more than 10 seconds and not notice it, they sure as hell arent gonna notice the mp3 compression.

you probably will though and if you gave 2 shits about the music you played you would probably try and go for the best you can feisibly get away with. 80gb IDE hard disk costs about 40 quid these days. thats 4 psy cds for me. or, if you are considering DJing off mp3 id imagine (just a guess) that you've saved alot of money not buying cds. do the right thing! buy a huge hard disk and at least respect the artists you ripped off by playing out their music as it was intended!

imagine a large sheet of plywood standing up vertically..

now picture a 10 foot 2 by 4 being slapped across the plywood at 140 bpm.


welcome to mp3s in clubs. (aka: use wavs)


razzi.




ps- yes i know 320kbit doesnt sound that bad, but i was making a point.

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