[BC] Digital files (WAS:Religious radio & Tech)

[dean tiernan]

Message: 9 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:30:15 EST From: WFIFeng at aol.com 
Subject: [BC] Digital files (WAS:Religious radio & Tech) In a message 
dated 12/28/2005 01:15:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
scott at lagrange-com.com writes:

>> Yes, I know.  but the radio station can import directly a WAV file into
>>  their automation without any changes.  I have already talked to their "IT"
>>  guy.  If we do this, we want to try and set it up where it will
>>  automatically import the files from the email.  He thinks he knows a trick
>>  or two and I'm interested to see if it will work.
>  
>

Ok, then you'll have to subscribe to one of the e-mail services that has a 
massive file space limit. Even GMail, with it's 1G limit, I think has a much 
lower limit for each attachment.

One way to shrink the file without losing too much, would be to use 32K 
samples/sec. and since it's mostly tak, mono. Even if you are forced to use 44.1K, 
just going to mono will cut the file size in half.

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Many edits of Willie's comments have occurred.


Wav files good, but big. Forget email. Most plants are tending towards 
no compression. So again Wav good.

Many of your network providers have compromised with MP2....better than 
MP3 but larger files.
Converting and unconverting is NOT good to quality.
If its speech, make the files MONO always. The math here is simple.
You want the best quality audio, then there is no question, it is 
uncompressed and transferred via FTP. If you are the provider, send an 
email to your customer with the link to the ftp site. Filezilla is free. 
AND many FTP clients can be set to work on a clock automatically. I 
prefer hours when the offices are not open so bandwidth is available. WS 
FTP client will do this.

If there is real concern for quality do not leave it in the hands of the 
least informed, lowest paid employees.

Finally my friends and former colleagues are working very hard on AAC+ 
which equals high quality audio with low bit rates and smaller files, if 
they really want it good, then play out audio and redigitize. Otherwise, 
you get what you pay for want to sound cheap? Spend no money on hw or 
sw. Include plenty of compression and uncompression cycles.

(pulpit mode off) I waive non or secular translation.

-- 
Dean
www.Audicy.net
www.DeanTiernan.com