Exporting Audio - MP3 or Wav

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Ok... I just upgraded my soundcard to an audiophile 2496... I'm now recording in 24bit... I had previously paid for Cakewalk's mp3 encoder...

So now I go to export Audio for a new song... and it says I can't export to Mp3 in 24bit... 16 is max...

so I choose to export to a wav file... and I burnt that to a cd... but I can't play the cd on any of my cd players or computers...

how can I keep my 24 bit quality yet still put the song on a cd so that most players can read it?
 
24-bit WAV files usually do not convert to CDA (CD Audio) properly. Standard CDA format is 16-bit anyway, as is MP3. You have two choices:

Create a data disc instead of an audio disc.
This will allow you to transfer your WAV file straight to the CD. Problem there is only the latest CD and some DVD players will play it back, and even then it remains a data disc and not a standard CD disc.

Just live with the fact that standard audio CD is a 16-bit format.
Even the best CDs that you have bought by the biggest and finest bands are 16-bit discs. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for us. (It's not like you have a choice. ;) ) Export your songs as 16-bit WAV, burn them as regular CDA audio CD-Rs and be happy...

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Ok... thanks for the explaination...

Now... are there any advantages of the Wav file over mp3?>
 
Guitars2k4 said:
Now... are there any advantages of the Wav file over mp3?>
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Yes. MP3 is a lossy standard. In other words it trades off quality for file size.

While the quality is generally not bad, it is significant lower quality than a wave file.

MP3's are good for sending music over the internet, where file size is important. But remember you are trading quality.
 
New question...

What's the difference between a RIFF wav and an Broadcast wav

Which should I use for exporting my songs?
 
i'm pretty curious about the difference, too, i've heard that broadcast wav is the standard.
 
wesley tanner said:
i'm pretty curious about the difference, too, i've heard that broadcast wav is the standard.
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The standard for what?? They are both standards.

RIFF wave is the Microsoft audio standard. If your purpose is to export audio for burning to CD, RIFF is the format to use.

Broadcast wave is built on the RIFF standard and contains additional metadata useful for specific purposes such as exchange of material cross-platform.

http://www.ebu.ch/trev_274-chalmers.pdf
 
dachay2tnr said:
The standard for what?? They are both standards.

RIFF wave is the Microsoft audio standard. If your purpose is to export audio for burning to CD, RIFF is the format to use.

Broadcast wave is built on the RIFF standard and contains additional metadata useful for specific purposes such as exchange of material cross-platform.

http://www.ebu.ch/trev_274-chalmers.pdf
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