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CD Burning and Compression

I am burning CD's just for playback on my Harley. What with all the noise inherant in this environment sound quality goes pretty much out the window. The problem I have is the lack of compression. I really need to squeeze the volume down. Any suggestions on a burner with compression or a plug in? Thanks
bassasaurus
bomarc
501 posts
 
Careful on the MP3s--you're talking about two different kinds of compression. MP3s and other codecs are doing data compression. What you want is dynamic compression--raising the soft parts and lowering the loud parts, so to speak. A good MP3 should not do that--it should sound just like the original, assuming you use a high bit rate. I've never heard that reduced dynamic range was one of the artifacts of lower bit rates, though I don't have enough experience with them to say for sure.
rwwear
2,850 posts
 
If you ever listen to an mp3 file that has been converted to CD you will hear how compressed it is.
bomarc
501 posts
 
Really? I'm surprised. I wouldn't think a good codec would behave that way. Of course, MP3 isn't the best codec out there. I may give this a try, but I'm skeptical in the meantime.
rwwear
2,850 posts
 
You could always use the lower bitrate.
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