tstein Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 A few weeks ago, I downloaded the free (Masters) edition of WavePad. At that time and for some time afterward, I was able to open WAV files from a Zoom H2 recorder, process them, and save them as either an WAV or mp3 file. When I saved them as a WAV file, the indicated (default) bit rate was 1411 kB/s and typical file sizes were about 10 to 20 MB. When I saved them as an mp3 file, the indicated bit rate was 128 kB/s and typical file sizes were 1 to 2 MB. The WAV file was higher quality audio as expected. Recently, I noticed that the file sizes of my saved WAV files were greatly reduced (1 MB or less) and were actually smaller than the corresponding mp3 files I saved and the audio quality of the WAV files was less than that of the mp3 files. The best available bit rate option when I now save as a WAV file is 56 kB/s rather than the former 1411 kB/s. I'd like to know if anyone else has observed this degradation in quality of the saved WAV files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywally Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 A few weeks ago, I downloaded the free (Masters) edition of WavePad. At that time and for some time afterward, I was able to open WAV files from a Zoom H2 recorder, process them, and save them as either an WAV or mp3 file. When I saved them as a WAV file, the indicated (default) bit rate was 1411 kB/s and typical file sizes were about 10 to 20 MB. When I saved them as an mp3 file, the indicated bit rate was 128 kB/s and typical file sizes were 1 to 2 MB. The WAV file was higher quality audio as expected. Recently, I noticed that the file sizes of my saved WAV files were greatly reduced (1 MB or less) and were actually smaller than the corresponding mp3 files I saved and the audio quality of the WAV files was less than that of the mp3 files. The best available bit rate option when I now save as a WAV file is 56 kB/s rather than the former 1411 kB/s. I'd like to know if anyone else has observed this degradation in quality of the saved WAV files. the only thing I noticed was, the corruption of the default "working" file location for wavepad once I re-named the file and location, my problems disappeared if any new weirdness starts creeping in, I'll rename the working folder again under; file wavepad options; audio processing; audio working folder; clik that button, then name your own folder and partition C: or D: hope that helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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