Hi there,
I got Audacity 1.3.7.1 on Mac.
After I export my recording as MP3 and I played it on iTune and Quick time, the sound quality is horrible. Then I open the MP3 audio in Audacity, the sound quality has changed to very horrible as I played in iTune and Quick time, which it was very fine before i export it to MP3.
I try to export the same recording to WAV. The recording is playing fine in WAV.
Please help. Many thanks
Bad quality for MP3
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waxcylinder
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Re: Bad quality for MP3
You are probaly over-compressing the MP3 file. The Audacity default MP3 bitrate of 128 is normally regarded as the minimum acceptable for music - I personally use 192 (my son, with younger better ears, normally uses 320). If iPodshad been bigger when I started out I would probably have chosen 256.
To reset the export bitrate for your MP3s just click on the Options button from the Export dialogue box.
WC
To reset the export bitrate for your MP3s just click on the Options button from the Export dialogue box.
WC
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Re: Bad quality for MP3
many thanks! I got it right now. It works great from 192kbps to above.