In Reply to: cd to mp3 posted by mango on Friday, 1. December 2000 at 08:29 Bali Time:
Hey Mango, good question!
I will see if i can answer it as best as i can!
Basically copying a cd directly to computer in MP3 does involve skipping one step! This is good for those that do not want to wait!
But the problem is this! Taking out a step you are demanding your computer to do more! When you have a higher end computer you wouldnt notice but the slower computers would!
Also, when copying CD's to MP3 direct you have to have a pretty good copy of the original cd as the computer will go crazy if it reads a disc with a slight skip in it! Coping to wav enables the computer to takes it time a little more and enables the files to be copied even though it has a little skip in it!
Also, copying directly from CD to wav means you are going to get more of an "orginal copy" of the actual song than what you would with an MP3 copy directly from the CD!
I dont know if i explained this earlier, actually i dont think i did! But the way that MP3 compression works is basically, if the orignal file has 2 audio sources that are the same, the mp3 conversion process would eliminate one source,as well as the actual coimputer language it uses to make the file smaller! A simple way to check this is simple listen to song that you can physically here going from one speaker to another! Then listen to the same song in MP3 and you will find that you dont get that feeling of audio travelling between the speakers! For some, it is only a small thing, me included but for music purists that wouldnt be exceptable!
It is a slight downgrade in the music quality buy, if it is free, you cant really complain!
Hope this clears up things for you!
Scott Saunders