{"id":1544,"date":"2020-07-07T16:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2020-07-07T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T16:15:06","slug":"flac-wav-mp3-dsd-alac-what-audio-format-should-i-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-wav-mp3-dsd-alac-what-audio-format-should-i-use\/","title":{"rendered":"FLAC, WAV, MP3, DSD, ALAC &#8230; What audio format should I use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably know the famous MP3 audio format. There&#8217;s even a good chance that you only use it on a daily basis. But did you know that it is possible to take your music to the next level thanks to other audio formats? If the terms FLAC, DSD, sample rate, or even lossless don&#8217;t mean anything to you, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. Designed specifically for newbies, this guide tells you everything you need to know about the basics of digital audio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pic.clubic.com\/v1\/images\/1698129\/raw\" alt=\"soundwave\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FLAC, DSD, ALAC &#8230; Listening to a debate between audiophiles can seem difficult when you do not know this universe and the many acronyms that refer to it. But if you try the adventure, you will not regret it. Say goodbye to your boring and lifeless MP3s and hello to quality music. Trust us, your ears will thank you!<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-wav-mp3-dsd-alac-what-audio-format-should-i-use\/#Sample_Rate_and_Bit_Depth_The_Basics_of_Digital_Music\" >Sample Rate and Bit Depth: The Basics of Digital Music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/flac-wav-mp3-dsd-alac-what-audio-format-should-i-use\/#Lossy_formats_MP3_AAC_OGG\" >Lossy formats: MP3, AAC, OGG<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sample_Rate_and_Bit_Depth_The_Basics_of_Digital_Music\"><\/span>Sample Rate and Bit Depth: The Basics of Digital Music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before knocking you out (we promise we won&#8217;t hit too hard) with barbaric acronyms in every way, let&#8217;s first focus on two essential notions of modern audio, namely sampling rate and bit depth. These two elements give an idea of \u200b\u200bthe recording precision of a song.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/pic.clubic.com\/v1\/images\/1756547\/raw.webp?&amp;hash=e575eef89044c26fdb6cb7a7e273179c95987521\" alt=\"but depth\" width=\"446\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you know, computers run on bits, which are sets of 0 and 1. During a passage in the studio, music produced by an artist must be digitized, therefore transformed into 0 and 1 in order to be recorded on CD or transmitted to through transmission services. This is where the sampling rate and bit depth come into play.<\/p>\n<p>Take the example of a CD. Our beloved empanadas are recorded in 16-bit \/ 44.1 kHz. The 44.1 kHz sampling rate means that the music produced by our musician is analyzed 44,100 times per second by studio recording devices. As for the bit depth, it gives an indication of the number of information recorded during this same period. The greater the depth, the more information will be encoded at the end.<\/p>\n<p>However, CD quality is not the best in the world, even if it far exceeds MP3. Thus, we find 24-bit \/ 192 kHz recordings. The DSD goes even further with a frequency that rises to several MHz. But for simplicity, just remember that the higher the values \u200b\u200bdescribed above, the more accurate the recording will be in your sound reproduction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lossy_formats_MP3_AAC_OGG\"><\/span>Lossy formats: MP3, AAC, OGG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In general, there are two types of formats in the audio world: lossy, lossy in English, and lossy, or lossless. If you want the best audio quality, stay away from compressed formats.<\/p>\n<p>The best known of all is MP3. True dinosaur in the audio world, this type of file was developed at a time when the capacities of our hard drives were determined in MB and not in TB. Therefore, we had to compress the recordings as much as possible, even if that meant putting quality aside.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that MP3 encoded music weighs only a few megabytes. But the applied algorithm is very aggressive, it simply cuts the frequencies considered inaudible by the human ear. In fact, MP3 loses many audible parts. To get an idea, click the link below, you will hear these famous truncated parts. The pieces seem flat, devoid of life. Listening can even become unpleasant after several tens of minutes. Suffice it to say that, apart from its small size, MP3 is no longer really interesting in our time if we are looking for quality music.<\/p>\n<p>To make things better, Apple, meanwhile, released another audio format, AAC, for advanced audio encoding. This is also a lossy format which therefore loses details during data compression. However, the algorithm used is more efficient, cutting fewer important frequencies, at least on paper. In absolute terms, the difference from MP3 is not necessarily stark and the debate has been raging for years in the audiophile environment to find out if the AAC format is really better than MP3.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there is also the OGG Vorbis, another lossy compressed format. Like AAC, it is supposed to work better than MP3. This is the type of file Spotify uses. Her interest is to enable efficient transmission while reducing quality. However, the songs encoded in this format are not fabulous. The ideal is really to become lossless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably know the famous MP3 audio format. There&#8217;s even a good chance that you only use it on a daily basis. But did you know that it is possible to take your music to the next level thanks to other audio formats? 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