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im stupid whats a 320?

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:39 pm
by dubengineer
Am I stupid, whats a 320?
Just that and maybe some of you would pay my myspace a visit, i should like some feedback on my tracks.. specially the 1. one in the player which is brand new..

www.myspace.com/dubengineer

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:41 pm
by badger
a 320 kbps mp3. basically just a high quality mp3 that can be used to play out on a system without sounding shit

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:42 pm
by stanton
a 320 is an MP3 encoded at 320 Kbps (jolly high quality).

Given your post I find it slightly amusing that you are called dubengineer. Please don't take offence, it's just that the irony caught me like a cold Haddock round the chops.

thank u thats fast!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:04 pm
by dubengineer
How wonderfully quick replies, the reason i call myself dubengineer is just that i had to find a user name for my myspace, I have been doing livesound for 12 years and for the last, round 5-6 years I did more and more fx dubs on the bands, so people often referred to me as Bjoern Dub. Hence the name dubengineer..

Its not that im offended, but i dont understand the ironi? Have I hit some funny lingual mistake?

Bjoern

Re: thank u thats fast!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:07 pm
by stanton
dubengineer wrote:How wonderfully quick replies, the reason i call myself dubengineer is just that i had to find a user name for my myspace, I have been doing livesound for 12 years and for the last, round 5-6 years I did more and more fx dubs on the bands, so people often referred to me as Bjoern Dub. Hence the name dubengineer..

Its not that im offended, but i dont understand the ironi? Have I hit some funny lingual mistake?

Bjoern
Dub Engineer as in someone who engineers dubs, but who doesn't know what a 320 is is what I found a bit funny. Sorry, I've probably come across as a bit of a twat, I'm not really, I'm a nice chap honestly. Bjoern Dub is a quality nick name. Welcome to the forum Mr Dub.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:14 pm
by dj $hy
But bro.... Seriously you dont know what a 320 is??

I see what your saying Stanton! Dont take offence Mr Dub but it is kinda funny you dont know what a 320 is!

Me thinks is a clever trick to get you to read his post! He's using the force on you Brother Stanton ;)

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HeHe just joking bro!

Welcome to the forum bro. What live stuff do you do? I take it the tracks on your myspaz aint live? After seeing Bass Clef @ P1 I've very interested in the live sound! Will cop a listen when I get outta work

Peace

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:19 pm
by stanton
Ach! Tis Dubvader!

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:20 pm
by daggus
stanton wrote:Ach! Tis Dubvader!
the bass is strong in this one :roll:

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:21 pm
by amen-ra
Why do peeps get prang about askin q's?? At one point in my life i didnt know what a 320 was- i found out- not from some divine revelation but through HEARING ABOUT IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE. Simple- no shame in askin

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:24 pm
by dj $hy
daggus wrote:
stanton wrote:Ach! Tis Dubvader!
the bass is strong in this one :roll:
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Much to learn me thinks about the darkside.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:42 pm
by thomas
320 without any more infomation means, only a number, a day in the year or if you live long, an age.

Understandable people, even involved in music, wouldnt know it.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:50 pm
by stanton
I know, it wasn't that he didn't know, it was that he's called dubengineer and didn't know. I was trying to be friendly, it genuinely made me laugh and I did tell him what a 320 was. I posted a similar reply on seafishingforum.com when a chap called grimsbyfishermonger came on and asked what a haddock was.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:02 pm
by thomas
Sorry yeh, i do get ya. its just somtimes people just say, "i got a 320" or "can i have a 320"

its not always obvious what they are reffering to as a 320....

Do i make any sence , im pretty knackerd still. :oops:

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:04 pm
by thomas
I do have my own question now aswell, what quality is a standard CD?

I dont have any to hand, and wouldnt know how to work it out anyway...

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:12 pm
by stanton
I'm not sure, I remember some ripping prog saying it was 128kbps but I thought it was actually somewhere between 160 and 180. I'm sure someone on here with more knowledge will know.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:22 pm
by bert
DJ $hy wrote:Much to learn me thinks about the darkside.
Me thinks you learnt enough already man...

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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:24 pm
by thomas
stanton wrote:I'm not sure, I remember some ripping prog saying it was 128kbps but I thought it was actually somewhere between 160 and 180. I'm sure someone on here with more knowledge will know.
So playing a set from Hip Hop Cd's wouldnt be advised in a bar....?

thought it would be higher to be honest.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:32 pm
by stanton
Thomas wrote:
stanton wrote:I'm not sure, I remember some ripping prog saying it was 128kbps but I thought it was actually somewhere between 160 and 180. I'm sure someone on here with more knowledge will know.
So playing a set from Hip Hop Cd's wouldnt be advised in a bar....?

thought it would be higher to be honest.
To be honest I wouldn't know... I've done it and it seemed fine though. Ironically, considering the nature of this thread, as Dubengineer works with live sound he may be able to enlighten us.

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:33 pm
by bert
From Wikipedia:

Audio (MP3)

32 kbit/s — MW (AM) quality
96 kbit/s — FM quality
128–160 kbit/s — Standard Bitrate quality; difference can sometimes be obvious (e.g. bass quality)
192 kbit/s — DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) quality. Quickly becoming the new 'standard' bitrate for MP3 music; difference can be heard by few people.
224–320 kbit/s — Near CD Quality. Sound is near indistinguishable from most CDs.

Other audio

800 bit/s — minimum necessary for recognizable speech (using special-purpose FS-1015 speech codecs)
8 kbit/s — telephone quality (using speech codecs)
500 kbit/s–1 Mbit/s — lossless audio as used in formats such as FLAC, WavPack or Monkey's Audio

1411 kbit/s — PCM sound format of Compact Disc Digital Audio


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:34 pm
by stanton
well, fancy that. Thanks for that Bert.