Increase Sound Quality

Raaza · 10-08-2006, 05:09 PM

Hi,

I've some Audio Books in mp3 format, some of them is not in good condition, ie low bitrate, poor volume etc,

How can I Increase the volume and sound quality of the said audio files?
which software (Best) should I use?
How do the bitrate and frequency affect the audio files?
Which audio format is good?

In order to search this topic in this forum, what are the keywords should I use or if you are the person, how will you search?
I'm asking this question coz several times I couldn't find the correct results, and there will be a lot of results that I don't want.

thnx

q3_abhi · 10-08-2006, 08:11 PM

U can use software like Sound forge to edit ur mp3 files

Remember that converting from lower bitrate to higher wont increase the sound quality, u can increase the volume but not the quality.

Higher the bitrate , better is the sound quality. U can clearly notice the difference when u hear the same song in different bitrates.

You can use any format. Wav is the best coz its raw , uncompressed format.
Many others are available n sound quality will depend upon the bitrate at which the song is compressed. U loose frequencies on compression.

Raaza · 10-08-2006, 08:51 PM

isn't virtualDub for video editing?

I tried with version 1.6.15 but there's nothing on audio editing.

I found in CD_DA Extractor, an audio converting software that ther's 3 wav formats ie .wav (fraunhofer mp3 codec), .wav(standard), .wav(ADPCM)

and I confused, which one is best?