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Winning Ugly VXII
Question # 1 Answer ........... " Any Audio Converter " for Windows ( choice 1 ) or " Switch Sound File Converter " also for Windows ( choice 2 ) .......... You may have to go to WAV 16 bits and then back to FLAC 16 bits , not sure .
Question # 2 Answer .......... WAV 16 bits = FLAC 16 bits , provided that it is the same source and original file. FLAC is a lossless compression scheme ( like a compressed zip folder ) and WAV is raw,uncompressed PCM audio as long as it did not originate from a lossy source.
As far as will your track be lossless or not,it depends on the original source. Generally,CD quality which is 16 bits / 44.1 kHz , is considered to be lossless. However,if you have a high resolution 24-bit file ( FLAC in this case ) which originated from a source above 16 bits / 44.1 kHz ( such as a 24-bit source ) and then you knock it down to CD quality,then of course there would be lost digital information there in that scenario.
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ThinAir
lossless:
no information is lost: a wave file recorded at 8bit and 22'000kHz is lossless.
the term lossless has nothing to do with cd-quality at all.
(lossy formats (mp3, mp4) make use of psychoacoustic knowledge and leave away information that can’t be heard by the human ear. the information left away in the encoding process is lost forever.)
downsampling / reducing bit rate: downsampling from 96’000kHz to 44’100 kHz or reducing the bit rate from 24bit to 16bit will result in the loss of information.
Good freeware to do that: r8brain (https://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/)
If there is any use to higher bitrates than 16bit and higher sampling frequencies than 44’100kHz is a different topic….
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Winning Ugly VXII
Question # 1 Answer ........... " Any Audio Converter " for Windows ( choice 1 ) or " Switch Sound File Converter " also for Windows ( choice 2 ) .......... You may have to go to WAV 16 bits and then back to FLAC 16 bits , not sure .
Question # 2 Answer .......... WAV 16 bits = FLAC 16 bits , provided that it is the same source and original file. FLAC is a lossless compression scheme ( like a compressed zip folder ) and WAV is raw,uncompressed PCM audio as long as it did not originate from a lossy source.
As far as will your track be lossless or not,it depends on the original source. Generally,CD quality which is 16 bits / 44.1 kHz , is considered to be lossless. However,if you have a high resolution 24-bit file ( FLAC in this case ) which originated from a source above 16 bits / 44.1 kHz ( such as a 24-bit source ) and then you knock it down to CD quality,then of course there would be lost digital information there in that scenario.
Thanks ... and yes I know that Flac 24 bits to flac 16 bits there will be a loss but I just wanted to know if i converted my Flac 24 bits to WAV and than back to Flac 16 bits if it would end up being lossy / lower quality than a audio CD of 16 bits.
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ThinAir
lossless:
no information is lost: a wave file recorded at 8bit and 22'000kHz is lossless.
the term lossless has nothing to do with cd-quality at all.
(lossy formats (mp3, mp4) make use of psychoacoustic knowledge and leave away information that can’t be heard by the human ear. the information left away in the encoding process is lost forever.)
downsampling / reducing bit rate: downsampling from 96’000kHz to 44’100 kHz or reducing the bit rate from 24bit to 16bit will result in the loss of information.
Good freeware to do that: r8brain (https://www.voxengo.com/product/r8brain/)
If there is any use to higher bitrates than 16bit and higher sampling frequencies than 44’100kHz is a different topic….