#MP3 320 KBPS VS FLAC 320KBPS#
#MP3 320 KBPS VS FLAC DOWNLOAD#

While this might not matter for day-to-day use, they remain the best choice if you want to work on the audio, eg remix, re-edit, sample the audio, because youвЂ™re working with вЂњcleanвЂќ versions of the files that have had nothing done to them. On the other hand, WAVs and AIFFs offer the best sound quality possible, as theyвЂ™ve not been compressed at all. More importantly, to most people, they sound indistinguishable to lossless, as long as theyвЂ™re good quality (320kbps MP3s, or the Apple equivalent to that, 256kbps AACs).

#MP3 320 KBPS VS FLAC 320KBPS#

If your file is 320kbps MP3 or 256kbps AAC, youвЂ™re probably fine to play it, but always trust your ears. A lot of DJs choose MP3 format because itвЂ™s cheaper and takes up less space. They tend to be cheaper to buy than WAVs (as theyвЂ™re smaller, so they take up less server space/delivery bandwidth on online stores), and are more universal вЂ“ the MP3 is still вЂњtheвЂќ music format. They can hold extra information too, such as artwork, and track metadata (WAVs canвЂ™t, but AIFFs can, for the record). Lossy files are small, so theyвЂ™re easier and quicker to send, receive, duplicate, transfer and so on.

Advantages and disadvantages of the formats On the other hand, lossless вЂ“ of which the classic format is WAV (although Apple has a version too, the AIFF) are much bigger files, and thatвЂ™s because there has been no attempt to make them smaller вЂ“ they are the original recording, just digitised. The idea is that whatвЂ™s been removed doesnвЂ™t really matter (itвЂ™s frequencies that in practise you canвЂ™t hear). This type of file is called lossy because some of the audio information has been removed, to make it a lot smaller than it would otherwise be. The MP3 is a classic вЂњlossyвЂќ format (you can count AppleвЂ™s version, the AAC, in with this too). Prefer me to talk you through this? In this video, a recording of a live show from the Digital DJ Tips YouTube channel, I talk you through everything in this article, and we take questions from our community too on the subject.

#MP3 320 KBPS VS FLAC DOWNLOAD#

With the big streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music now all adding lossless options to their offerings, the debate between whether DJs (who generally, of course, still download their music) should also still be DJing with good old MP3s or whether it is not time to move to lossless formats as well has reared its head again.ДЄfter all, if the general public now has the option of вЂњlosslessвЂќ audio, shouldnвЂ™t DJs be playing with lossless audio too? In short, is the lossy old MP3вЂ™s number up? LetвЂ™s look closerвЂ¦ Watch the show

Mp3 320 kbps vs flac