Anyone know the QUALITY of the CD audio burning of Kronos ?

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DrpC
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Anyone know the QUALITY of the CD audio burning of Kronos ?

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Hola, mates. :P

Just a quick question,...

Do we know what the audio quality (24bit, etc) of CD burning on the Kronos :?:

Trying to determine if burning the master soundtrack straight from the Kronos to CD itself gives a better quality of sound than say doing a .WAV (24bit) file transfer on the PC ? :shock:

Thanks in advance for all your support and wisdom 8)
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Hi!

Kronos has no CD drive so I guess tjat answers your question.

If it had one it wouldn't affect the quality if you burned it intenally or on a pc - the digital music would be the same 1s and 0s no matter the burning device :)
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Post by midiman »

You can burn CD's with the Kronos - see page 191 in the operations guide - you just need an external USB cd burner. All CDs are 44.1k and 16 bit, so that's what you'll get when burning a cd. You'll get that whether you export out a 24 bit file to your computer, or burn it directly from the Kronos.
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Thanks so much for all your assistance

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Outstanding!

Thanks so much for your quick responses.

midiman, sorry - just a follow up please... :P

Do you know what the bitrate (320 Kb/s, etc) is for CD's :?:

Again, very helpful infomation you have provided!!! :D
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Post by midiman »

Glad to help. I'm not an expert, by any means, but according to Wikipedia (usual caveats - if someone else has better info, feel free to correct me), the audio bit rate is 1,411.2 kbit/s (as 2 channels × 44,100 samples per second per channel × 16 bits per sample = 1,411,200 bit/s = 1,411.2 kbit/s. From - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_(CD_standard)
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DrpC
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Post by DrpC »

Wow, very intriguing... this is " a bit of yoda " :P

The bitrate I'm getting from Kronos in .WAV format is: 2304 kbps (might this be 24bit ?)

So... this appears to be IF the .wav file is converted to CD audio - we are losing about 892.8 kbps in sound quality. :cry:

Good news is, it appears the Kronos has a very high bit rate via export of .wav file so
at least we are not upconverting which I believe would be a worst case. :wink:

Thanks again, my friend for all your time and support.
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Re: Thanks so much for all your assistance

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DrpC wrote:
Do you know what the bitrate (320 Kb/s, etc) is for CD's :?:
I think you're confusing the Mp3 bit rate with the audio recording bit rate. They're not the same thing.

No matter what sample rate/Bit rate you use for recording, it has to be converted down to 44.1 /16 for final production.
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