drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » standard audio compression formats for samples standard audio compression formats for samples Author Post Hidden identity Wicked Producer Registration Date: 17-02-2005 Posts: 441 Helpfulness rating:  I want to know if there are any other formats other then mp3 that can be used by anyone yet are smaller then PCM wave. I dont like mp3 because there is always a bit of dead sound before and after the mp3's sample and that makes for pre-delay on all percussion samples or an out-of-sync drum loop and is ADPCM standard? Can anyone use that one? im talkin about windows XP home edition here. thanx for all advice, i wanna get my sample packs to be the a good format here. 22-11-2005 02:30 thechronic admin Registration Date: 01-11-2002 Posts: 5,293 Helpfulness rating:  Music software usually only supports uncompressed WAV and AIFF for samples. If you want to reduce the filesize of the samples to save on your bandwidth, try compressing them into zip or rar archives, using lossy compression reduces the sound quality and that is not a desirable thing for samples. __ If you find spam on the site, please hit the button and select my name. I'll personally kick it to the murky depths of hell where it belongs! 22-11-2005 03:47 Surya The Robot Registration Date: 04-11-2002 Posts: 11,238 Helpfulness rating:  Amen to that! PCM all the way! __ "In dnb you should make people jump not swim" - Pieter Frenssen 2004 22-11-2005 07:06 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » standard audio compression formats for samples