Tech questions (music)

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Originally Posted by Triple

How can you determine the quality of a track online before downloading it? I don't want to download stuff that doesn't match what I've ripped from my own CD's.

You can't, unless someone labels it.

Once downloaded, you can up/down-sample using Goldwave, or any other editor that can re-save as .mp3 (Fraunhofer codec).

Don't worry too much about sample/bit rates. Today, much like aspect ratios for video, shit just varies. Bottom line; if it sounds good, it is good. Some things get hurt by compression more than others. It's very source-material dependent.