

Sure, I could do 48/16, but that's just my preferred way of making mp3 (which is usually just for sample purposes).Īt the current moment, I do WAV/FLAC editing in Adobe Audition, and do mp3 encoding with either dbPoweramp or Trader's Little Helper. I record everything in 48/24, and BEFORE I go to mp3 I convert to 44/16. Some of these programs are notoriously bad at sample rate conversions too. Obviously good editing programs can do the job right if given the right instructions, but your average "converting tool" can screw things up big time.


Converting a 24-bit lossless file directly to mp3 can be downright dangerous, because you're relying on the mp3 compressor to convert to 16-bits (there is no such thing as a 24-bit mp3).ĭepending on what program you use it may not dither, but rather truncate (chop off) the top 8 bits, thus doing very bad things to the sound.
