dj'ing out with mp3's......

fl0w · Post by **fl0w** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:54 pm

i've received a demo track from a friend in both .m4a and .mp3@160kbps formats. The difference is striking, the .m4a file is WAY better. I forgot to compare the filesizes, sorry.

I can't be more precise (i think m4a is just a container and the audio stream could be encoded in many formats, including a lossless one) but I hope we'll soon find tracks encoded with sth better than mp3...

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:30 pm

If you already have wavs, encode them with FLAC. It's lossless, a ton smaller (not that much more than a 320k mp3), and you can still attach metadata.

hotpace · Post by **hotpace** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:52 pm

and can all these different types [.m4a/wav/flac] be played on serato??

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:33 pm

hotpace wrote:and can all these different types [.m4a/wav/flac] be played on serato??

I don't thnk flac is supported..

hotpace · Post by **hotpace** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:03 pm

and does a wav file take ages to load up in serato? the first time its loaded up anyway?