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If you are using mp3 as the guide track, it is good practice for the guide

track to include sync tones. You can copy/paste these into your exported

wav of your guitars or whatever and then accurate alignment with the

original session is possible.
See:
http://www.kompoz.com/compose-collaborate/sync.learn.music
James

 On Feb 12, 2013 9:44 AM, "Lorenzo Sutton"  wrote:
> On 11/02/13 20:35, Aaron L. wrote:

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>> OK.....

>>

>> Friend sends rough mix of drums and bass in mp3 form.

>>

>> Tells me to record new guitars to this.....(he expects a wav file in

>> return).

>>

>

> Are you expected to return only the guitars you record or the whole 'mix'?

> In the former case you might bear with the quality loss introduced by

> encoding to mp3, especially if the bitrate is not too low (I guess at least

> 256kps). In the latter case I would politely ask your friend to send you a

> lossless version of the file(s) - e.g. wave or flac.

>

> Lorenzo.

>

>>

>> This "master in mp3 form" makes me a bit nervous.  Why?

>>

>> Because I don't know enough about the mp3 encoding process.........

>>

>> Is it "lossy" simply because it rounds-off stuff?

>>

>> Or does it actually drop samples (like various lossy video encoders?)

>>

>> If so, the wav file that I send him could get weird sample-wise when he

>> imports it into the "real" session, no?

>>

>> Am I picking nits here?

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

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If you are using mp3 as the guide track, it is good practice for the gui=

de track to include sync tones. You can copy/paste these into your exported=

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nal session is possible.
See:

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James
On Feb 12, 2013 9:44 AM, "Lorenzo Sutton&qu=

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m> wrote:

On 11/02/13 20:35, Aaron L. wrote:
OK.....
Friend sends rough mix of drums and bass in mp3 form.
Tells me to record new guitars to this.....(he expects a wav file in return=

).
Are you expected to return only the guitars you record or the whole 'mi=

x'? In the former case you might bear with the quality loss introduced =

by encoding to mp3, especially if the bitrate is not too low (I guess at le=

ast 256kps). In the latter case I would politely ask your friend to send yo=

u a lossless version of the file(s) - e.g. wave or flac.
Lorenzo.
This "master in mp3 form" makes me a bit nervous. =C2=A0Why?
Because I don't know enough about the mp3 encoding process.........
Is it "lossy" simply because it rounds-off stuff?
Or does it actually drop samples (like various lossy video encoders?)
If so, the wav file that I send him could get weird sample-wise when he imp=

orts it into the "real" session, no?
Am I picking nits here?
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