Chapter 9
Shrink That Puppy and Slap a Label on It
IN THIS CHAPTER
Downsizing audio files with MP3 compression
Understanding bit rates and sample rates
Dissecting ID3 tags
You’ve finished your final edit. (And if you think we’re skirting blasphemy whenever we use the e word, trust us — creativity sometimes demands a sacrifice.) At last you’re ready to compress your mondo-super-sized AIFF or WAV file to the format that invokes traumatic memories from RIAA representatives everywhere: MP3.
The MP3 format was designed to reduce the amount of data (via compression) required for digitized audio while retaining the quality of the original recording. MP3 files are the best way to keep audio small enough to make it a quick-and-easy download, and it’s this format that podcasting uses to get content efficiently from podcaster to podcatching client. Although creating MP3s is a simple enough process, you do need to make some tradeoffs between quality and compression.
In this chapter, we help you understand the technical details involved in turning your raw recording into an MP3 file for distribution.
A Kilobit of Me, and a Whole Lot of You: Understanding Kbps
The compression process begins ...
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