I've started podcasting an audiobook which I edited in Adobe Audition and mixed down to mono. But I've been told I should have saved it in "joint stereo" so people can play it on their mp3 players.
This option isn't available on Audition 3.0, but there is an option to save as 'low complexity stereo'. However, this is only available if I chose to export as 'mp3 pro', which I wasn't using because I was told it's not as widely compatible. There are also options 'allow mid-side joint stereo', 'allow intensity joint stereo' and 'allow narrowing of stereo image' which are greyed out (can't figure out how to un-grey them, don't know what they mean anyway!).
Now, I'm totally, totally confused. I'm basically serialising an audiobook on the web at chrisreynolds-writer.co.uk/podcasts .
This is what I was told: "You might also consider rendering the file as Joint Stereo MP3. The bitrate you're using is fine .. and sounds wonderful .. but some mp3 players object to mono files. Joint stereo has the advantage of having the same file size as mono, but creates a stereo track that can be decoded by virtually every mp3 player on the planet." (this successful podcast person edits in Audacity)
Can you help me? I don't want to get to twenty episodes down the line to find out I've done it all wrong.
This option isn't available on Audition 3.0, but there is an option to save as 'low complexity stereo'. However, this is only available if I chose to export as 'mp3 pro', which I wasn't using because I was told it's not as widely compatible. There are also options 'allow mid-side joint stereo', 'allow intensity joint stereo' and 'allow narrowing of stereo image' which are greyed out (can't figure out how to un-grey them, don't know what they mean anyway!).
Now, I'm totally, totally confused. I'm basically serialising an audiobook on the web at chrisreynolds-writer.co.uk/podcasts .
This is what I was told: "You might also consider rendering the file as Joint Stereo MP3. The bitrate you're using is fine .. and sounds wonderful .. but some mp3 players object to mono files. Joint stereo has the advantage of having the same file size as mono, but creates a stereo track that can be decoded by virtually every mp3 player on the planet." (this successful podcast person edits in Audacity)
Can you help me? I don't want to get to twenty episodes down the line to find out I've done it all wrong.