mixdown to mp3 for live playback

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2015/02/14 08:31:07 (permalink)

mixdown to mp3 for live playback

folks here been tellin me for years to mix my midis to mp3s for playback w/live accompaniment in Sonar 7/8 - 
Could someone direct me to link w/tips on this area please - bouncing all from what "sounded good" live before loses something in mixdown - I SHOULD say, immediate playback of mp3 thru windows media player is fine - but thru say android> mixer - really bad
I'm trying to get away from using the laptop on stage
post edited by diggerbarnz - 2015/02/14 17:04:15

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    PH68
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    Re: mixdown to mp3 for live playback 2015/02/15 05:01:17 (permalink)
    Why not just mixdown to a .wav instead?

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    Re: mixdown to mp3 for live playback 2015/02/15 06:33:41 (permalink)
    yes wav is better than compressed..mp3 is compressed audio...wav is not?...well, it is more original to the , lossless wav or iff, ogg...something like that would be better for quality assurance....wink.

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    Re: mixdown to mp3 for live playback 2015/02/16 08:31:15 (permalink)
    thanks 4 replies - I was just goin by what was suggested (maybe size factor too)

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    Re: mixdown to mp3 for live playback 2015/02/16 08:58:31 (permalink)
    File size should not be a problem these days with massive hard drives cheaply available.
     
    But if you really want to go down the mp3 route, the best way, in my opinion, is to start off by exporting a 16 bit 44.1KHz wav from Sonar, then use this for your mp3 conversion.

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