KVR Audio

SantosMarcos · Post by **SantosMarcos** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:27 am

I am getting ready to purchase a Drum Loops Sample CD set and it comes in these 2 formats. I know this prolly sounds stupid but the Audio Format is WAY cheaper and I was wondering if anyone could briefly explain to me why? Does it make any difference? Is the Audio tougher to deal with? Thanks in advance.

renton02 · Post by **renton02** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:41 am

each wav file will probably be an individual loop whereas each track on the audio version will probably have multiple loops. probably depends on how much you like chopping up tracks into loops

Illusionist · Post by **Illusionist** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:42 am

You'd have to convert the audio to wav yourself if you want to use it in a sampler.

SantosMarcos · Post by **SantosMarcos** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:55 am

Ahh. No wonder the Audio is less expensive. Heheh.

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:29 pm

'audio' isn't a format - all audio-files are 'audio' (rather obviously

)

There are several aduio-formats - e.g.:

.wav is the standard pc audio-format.
.aiff is the standard mac audio-format.
.pcm is the standard raw audio format.

craigmorris74 · Post by **craigmorris74** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:21 am

The "Audio" format refered to is CD-A, a standard CD, which yes, must be converted to WAV to be edited.

Majken · Post by **Majken** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:42 am

Also keep in mind that it is never possible to be sure you've made a 100% accurate copy of an audio cd since it's a conversion from a format with a primitive error correction to a dateafile format. This makes backups an odd thing since you really dunno if they match the original. In short this means you can get clicks and pops with a crappy cd-rom and some bad luck.

Go for the wav one, it's really worth it

/Majken

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:01 am

Majken wrote:Also keep in mind that it is never possible to be sure you've made a 100% accurate copy of an audio cd since it's a conversion from a format with a primitive error correction to a dateafile format. This makes backups an odd thing since you really dunno if they match the original. In short this means you can get clicks and pops with a crappy cd-rom and some bad luck.

Go for the wav one, it's really worth it

/Majken

Yeah..what he said..

SantosMarcos · Post by **SantosMarcos** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:33 am

Very sound advice. I will get the .wav one. Just not . . . for another month or 2. Much more expensive heheh.

Jeremy_NSL · Post by **Jeremy_NSL** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:49 am

If they have the same amount of samples, get the audio one if its cheaper. But this is usually not the case, since audio-cds are limited to 99 tracks, and there are usually quite a few more samples/loops than that on a sample cd.

Wav. Format VS. Audio