FLAC files

[Genius Gone Insane]

Not sure if this has been discussed here before--you guys using these? Are they really the same quality as Wav files?

Drawbacks??

 

[Mutant]

Not sure if this has been discussed here before--you guys using these?

Sometimes - i don't need to compress my audio - let me see... 146 GB of free space left on my new 250 GB drive.

Are they really the same quality as Wav files?

Yes

Drawbacks??

More CPU power needed.

 

[wishtheend]

It's great for sending rough mixes to someone who may be off traveling, but not for any sort of storage on my personal end. The biggest use i've seen is from bootlegers who wish to keep their shows at a decent MB size without sacrificing quality.

 

[JBroll]

Bootlegging and file sharing is the most common use for them, before Windows decided it wasn't going to work anymore I had a ton of FLAC stuff, as well as some Shorten (another lossless codec). It's significantly smaller if you're pressed for space, and doesn't hog noticeable chunks of your power if you have a CPU that's not somewhere around eight years old.

Jeff

 

[Mutant]

You may want to take a look at this lossless codec comparison.

 

[Torniojaws]

It's great for sending rough mixes to someone who may be off traveling, but not for any sort of storage on my personal end. The biggest use i've seen is from bootlegers who wish to keep their shows at a decent MB size without sacrificing quality.

The funny thing is that those bootlegs in 98% of the cases sound like shit anyways Sometimes when they label some bootleg A- for example, it only makes me laugh when I hear the actual tracks... More like C-