Sound Forge and MP3s??

[bennychico11]

Whenever I edit a file in Sound Forge (loops for example) and save it as an MP3 it reopens itself and contains a very very short silence space before and after the file. Sometimes it's hardly noticeable, other times (such as in loops) you can hear a big gap before it loops around again. Anyone know why it's doing this?? Is it a preferece or is it just the way MP3s are compressed? It doesn't happen when I save it as a WAV.....just wondering.

[KATAZ]

yea Same Thing Happens To Me, However When I Use Cool Edit It Doesnt Happen For Some Reason, That One Of The Reasons That All The Loops That I Have I Have In .wav Form Because It Doesnt Leave That Tiny Space At The Beginning Of Each Loop Or Ended Finalized Track... Plus I Noticed That My Loops In .wav Form Give The Final Beat Or Product More Of A Crisp Sound, Peace

[drstawl]

I don't see the advantage of trying to create a piece out of mp3 loops as opposed to .wav other than HD space. Render the whole piece to .wav and THEN compress the final product to .mp3 format (if needed).

[bennychico11]

yeah, that's pretty much what I'm doing....it was just a curiosity question. I fell into some random loops that were in MP3 format, and when I just did a Save and not a save as it gave me that gap. So i figured I'd inquire about it. Oh well...another reason to hate MP3s I guess.