Originally Posted By: Mac
I have found that using mp3 format works much better in performances live, likely due to the smaller filesize and less taxing of computer resources.

In Live Performance, amplification through PA or other live system, coupled with the background noise of the venue, the mp3 format sounds great.

Just be sure to make your mp3 files at 128kbps or greater, but don't get too carried away on that front either. In my setup, 128kbps files sound great, I go no higher than 192kbs for mp3 playback.


--Mac


Mac, are you serious? Mp3 works better than waves? I found just the opposite to be true. Using MP3 from my Sansa Fuse into a PA the sound quality was horrible. Not killing me horrible but a "what the?" kind of horrible....

If the lappy can play a wave, and it should be able to do that flawlessly without any hiccups, the wave will sound the best.

When you start with a 30Mb wave and convert it to MP3 and the final MP3 is 3.5 Mb..... there's a certainty that lots of data has been dropped to get it down to about 1/10th it's original size. I'm amazed that the mp3 actually sounds as good as it does.

I always render my MP3's to 320kbs unless they are over 10MB and that's only a consideration on Sound click (limit 10Mb) and reverbnation (limit 8Mb) ... other than that my MP3 player has 320kbs files on it always..... higher is always better.

Soundclick for example (on the free site most folks use) will reduce all files to 128kbs but never, never, upload a 128kbs file because you know it will be reduced to that anyway. I did that early on, and one song had a piano part that sounded flanged when I knew it wasn't.... it was their algorithm that converted the file....I reloaded the file with a 320kbs and the issue cleared up even after they mutilated it down to 128kbs.

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