High Quality Audio?

[Liquid Bridge]

Hello all! I have been trying to set up a site for my girlfriend who is an opera singer. I would like to showcase audio cuts from a CD she had mad at a recording studio. It seems like I can get great quality going into Flash, but when I publish (no matter what the audio compression settings are at), it sounds as if she were singing from inside a soup can. Is there anyway to get high quality audio out of Flash? Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.

[Billy T]

open the publish settings (in the file menu)

click on the flash tab

change the mp3 settings to a higher kbs

cheers

[Billy T]

sorry - just re-read your question and it seems you have already done this

hmmmmm

what kbs are you at now?

[maccer]

the default setting of 16kbs , mono would usually be enough for mp3 on the web and should sound fine...

how did you compress your original source audio?

[djcontact]

what you an also do is to have .rm (realmedia) instead of a .mp3.. this .rm will open up a realplayer and stream it.. what you will also need to do is to open note pad and type in

http://yourwebsiteaddress.com/path/myaudio.rm ("DO NOT GO TO THIS ADDRESS")

you will want to save this as a text document, "BUT" your file name should be

myaudio.ram

make sure you do save these two files in the same location..

[Liquid Bridge]

OK, I think I have it. I think there was some confusion on my part about bit rate. What I am trying to do is sync some audio with an image sequence which will play on a monitor when someone drages a graphic of a VHS tape onto the loading slot of a VCR. Looks like you are playing the tape. I appreciate everyones help. This is a great resource for people like myself who are just getting our feet wet.

Thanks,
Kurt

[Rob G]

If you're using a .wav file, flash really compresses it and makes it sound crappy, but I've found it doesn't distort MP3 files. I usually covert all my audio to MP3 format in SoundForge.

[Liquid Bridge]

Thanks, I think my real problem was with the bit rate setting in my mp3. I have tried a few different recipes and found one that tastes pretty good!

Kurt

[nic]

Tasty!

I will normally make/mix the loop, or whatever, in aiff format (makes a fully uncompressed audio file - nice 'n large) through something like Sound Edit.
Then I'll typically import into fla, adjust it's compression settings (up to 20 bps, stereo - if that sound wants to be of good qual), within the libary... making sure, the publishing settings don't override... boogey chillen.

www.autoco.com.au, for instance.

[Liquid Bridge]

Thanks for the advice. Importing as an .aiff is exactly the way I have been doing it.