by rusty » Sun Nov 30, 2003 10:20 pm
The recommendation of the experts at hydrogen audio is that in most cases, the 'Standard' setting will be more than sufficient, and that Extreme is recommended over Extreme (fast). Insane is often considered overkill.
As far as space considerations, on average, the ratios are 192 (standard) : 256 (extreme) : 320 (insane), which means that with 'insane', you'd fit only ~60% of what you would with 'standard'. My recommendation would be to encode a couple of samples at each of these quality levels and try to determine whether you notice a difference between them (you have to do a blind test for this to be valid--e.g. play them randomly so you don't know which sample is which). I for one, cannot tell the difference between 'standard' and either of the others.
p.s. In case you haven't already, I'd recommend checking out the online help--there's a useful summary of all of the various settings there.
-Rusty
The recommendation of the experts at hydrogen audio is that in most cases, the 'Standard' setting will be more than sufficient, and that Extreme is recommended over Extreme (fast). Insane is often considered overkill.
As far as space considerations, on average, the ratios are 192 (standard) : 256 (extreme) : 320 (insane), which means that with 'insane', you'd fit only ~60% of what you would with 'standard'. My recommendation would be to encode a couple of samples at each of these quality levels and try to determine whether you notice a difference between them (you have to do a blind test for this to be valid--e.g. play them randomly so you don't know which sample is which). I for one, cannot tell the difference between 'standard' and either of the others.
p.s. In case you haven't already, I'd recommend checking out the online help--there's a useful summary of all of the various settings there.
-Rusty