GaryKaiser wrote:
Yes, I'm aware of the uncompressed nature of the .aif file. The 8khz is essentially "AM Radio" quality. However, there is also a bitrate element that comes into play. It is possible to set the bitrate in other audio applications, but I can't seem to find it in this application.
As far as I know, WavePad only permits the user to choose various bitrates which reflect varying degrees of digital compression. For example, after editing an uncompressed .wav file, this file may be saved in a highly compressed form as an mp3 file with a bitrate of 8 kbps. This can be selected in the dialogue box which appears after choosing the "save file as" option from the file menu. As you are aware, this option to alter the bitrate does not appear when the file is being saved as a .aif file.
In other words, I do not know how one has an "audio quality" file which is not created by the process of compressing .wav (or equivalently, an .aif) file. Maybe someone else around here knows where to get such a file, and understands the process which is used to create it. But don't bet on it. By the way, where did you get a .aif file with a bitrate of 8 kbps?
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