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mp3 manipulation software

mp3 manipulation software OS 8 4 posts Jun 3, 2010 — Jun 4, 2010

#1 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 09:24

Anyone run across any software that runs in OS8.6 that can manipulate an mp3 file, say, change the sample rate? I have an older mac I am doing some mpegdec testing on and want to get the sample rate down to less than 128kbps.

Best,

John

#2 Thu, 3 Jun 2010 - 13:54

Nothing comes to mind. I guess most sound manipulation was done on uncompressed material back in the day because of limited processing power. Can you convert to AIFF, change the sample rate and then re-encode as MP3?

#3 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 00:33

I'd give SoundEdit 16 a go - a version exists out there with MP3 support (can't say I've tried it out though)

#4 Fri, 4 Jun 2010 - 08:43

If sound quality is a concern you'd be better off starting with uncompressed audio files... resampling mp3 files will tend to exaggerate compression artefacts.