{"id":5679,"date":"2022-09-08T18:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/?p=5679"},"modified":"2022-09-08T18:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T18:29:57","slug":"how-and-why-is-the-audio-compressed-to-an-mp3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp4gain.com\/mp4gain\/how-and-why-is-the-audio-compressed-to-an-mp3\/","title":{"rendered":"How and why is the audio compressed to an mp3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How and why is the audio compressed to an mp3?<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.4kdownload.com\/main\/img\/guide\/determine-youtube-audio-bitrate\/inspect-frequency.0330ae0cdfba.png\" alt=\"Mp3 high quality\" width=\"396\" height=\"284\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mp3 high quality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What is the use of converting to mp3?<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bethesdasystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/soundquality.jpg\" alt=\"Mp3 high quality\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mp3 high quality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we have already been explaining, this entire topic is based on and one can only speak of &#8220;quality&#8221; if one refers specifically to the human ear.<\/p>\n<p>We humans do not consider better quality the ability to record frequencies that we cannot even hear, neither because they are very high frequencies nor very low frequencies.<\/p>\n<p>Nor do we consider a recording of poor quality that has not been able to record these frequencies.<\/p>\n<p>Some animals would possibly have a different opinion.<\/p>\n<p>So, having this point clear, we have to consider high fidelity to a recording that could faithfully record those frequencies that we humans can hear. 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