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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
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

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

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.

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...

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.