There's also the "set rate" setting that darned near nobody knows (or cares) about that technically allows for lossless Nightcore edits. The difference is that instead of resampling during the encoding process, you resample at playback, and therefore can preserve more of the waveform if 96...

Are you still accepting help with Audacity? I'm quite the audiophile and use Audacity as my only editing tool, so I know it quite well. First off, the guide in the first post for Audacity is outdated - it does not mention the "Change Speed" function under the 'Effect' menu. This will "...

Audacity however is even available on Linux and also has portable Windows versions available via PortableApps . Basically either program will work, so it's your choice. The important part is the process you take nightcore-ing a song, not so much the program you use. HOWEVER, the guide for Audacity I...

I presume that method is essentially the same as the " Set Rate " function in Audacity? As I stated earlier , that is also lossless (assuming you're not importing with lossy formats), but the method was shot down with essentially "nobody pays attention to the quality anyway, they'll e...

Well dang it man, when I mentioned my "lossless" method, I didn't even realize the instructions on the front page didn't say to use 'Change speed', especially since that's what I used to compare the audio quality to my method!

Ha ha ha, oh wow.

Note that, you'll need the FFMPEG library files for Audacity to do the following. You guys realize that you're definitely losing audio quality by converting an already lossy codec to MP3, right? The highest-quality way to rip a song from YouTube is to download the 720p or larger WebM version, then u...

It really pains me when I see someone claiming is file is a mp3 320CBR on youtube; for I know it's not a real one Even I have commited this "crime", but that's because lossless was simply not available. You make do with what you can get, and dang it I TRIED to get lossless - it just didn'...

So you CAN make CBR vorbis... interesting that everything I use doesn't seem allow me to do so - perhaps it's depreciated? (with good reason I may add)

I knew F/sn = Fate/stay night :P It was the over-powered thing.

...though I still don't even understand that. Over-powered? Am I missing some sort of lingo here?

RaveComing wrote:F/SN is OP, no wonder they'd use Vorbis

I'm sorry, but acronyms aren't my thing... the only "OP" I know of is "opening video", which isn't the case here - OGG vorbis is used for all the music.

Bloody nora, don't comment when I'm still editing my post. :P

Go back and read it again, and either make a new post or edit yours accordingly.

Um... actually they AREN'T using CBR. You can see this by downloading a WebM file from YouTube, opening it in Foobar2000, and looking at the bitrate. 99% of the time it'll stay over 200kbps. AFAIK, you can't even MAKE CBR vorbis - hence why you only get the Q# option in something like Audacity. Also...

RaveComing wrote:And boy, Youtube is fucking audio quality serious, right? Not.

Somebody hasn't listened to YouTube's 720p & 1080p WebM formats. 192kbps vorbis says hi.

Yes it's still lossy, but that's arguably even higher quality than Amazon's 256kbps MP3 store.

The thing is, I do lossless edits, but I think only 2-3 persons outside of you and me on this forum would understand your text anyway for the simple fact that they transcode mp3 either 3 or 4 times before it gets a play on Youtube. Then would it be too much to mention in the guide that you save to ...

a bunch of stuff I don't really want to break it to you, but Rainbow Dash isn't exactly the smartest Pony in Ponyville... Anyway, you mean to tell me you guys are making these edits WITHOUT lossless sources? The method I described is only meant for lossless sources, so no wonder what I said made no...

Not to brag, but if you use the method I described, it doesn't matter what program you use, since it's a lossless edit anyway. The only part that matters quality-wise is the quality of the resampler of your sound card, your media player, or YouTube's. If it was too technical or hard to understand, I...

I just registered to say that there's a way in Audacity to losslessly speed up or slow down audio. Instead of using anything in the "Effect" menu, use the "Set Rate" function instead as described here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Change_Speed#Alternative_ways_to_change_spee...