2 Replies Latest reply: Dec 31, 2008 11:01 AM by Newsgroup_User RSS

    Voiceover = Tincan

    Rich146 Community Member
      My settings:
      Microphone: usb "Blue Snowball"
      Software: Adobe SoundBooth CS3 Recorded at 96,000htz, mono
      Compressed to mp3 with SoundBooth: 24kbs, Best Quality, mono

      The original wav and the compressed mp3 sounds greats played with SoundBooth
      sounds good but when I put it into flash and play it there is significant quality loss with the "tin can echo"

      Example of MP3 out of a swf: http://richacls.com/beta_audio.htm

      Thanks in Advance
      Rich Gilman
        • 1. Re: Voiceover = Tincan
          MichaelS Community Member
          You might want to change the default bit rate in the Publish settings. There's a separate rate for Event and Streaming audio. The default is very low and will result in poor sound quality.
          • 2. Re: Voiceover = Tincan
            Newsgroup_User Community Member
            Hi Rich, :)

            > The original wav and the compressed mp3 sounds greats
            > played with SoundBooth sounds good but when I put it
            > into flash and play it there is significant quality loss with
            > the "tin can echo"

            There are a number of ways to control the sound played back by Flash.
            My hunch is, yours is audio played from a tmeline keyframe, and for internal
            sound, you can take care of this all from a single dialog box.

            When you import an MP3 file (or any audio file), you'll find it in the
            Library panel. Right-click on the file and select Properties to open the
            Sound Properties dialog, which gives a summary of the imported audio, in
            addition to compression settings and more.

            In the case of MP3s, you'll see a checkbox that says "Use imported MP3
            quality" when the Compression dropdown menu is set to MP3. When that
            checkbox is selected, the audio *should* sound as good in Flash as it does
            in Audition. Optionally, you may deselect the checkbox and configure your
            own bitrate and quality settings. (Note the Test button in this dialog,
            which conveniently lets you hear what the audio will sound like in the
            published SWF.) Bear in mind that your SWF's file size will change (often
            dramatically!) as you reconfigure these compression settings.

            Fot non-MP3 files, such as WAVs, AIFFs, and the like, you won't have the
            checkbox I mentioned, but you'll still have the option to encode your audio
            using the same MP3 settings. You'll also find alternate compressors in the
            Compression dropbox, so give them a shot until you find the sweet spot.
            It's a bit like experimenting with JPG compression when you export a JPG
            from Photoshop.


            David Stiller
            Co-author, Foundation Flash CS4 for Designers
            http://tinyurl.com/5j55cv
            "Luck is the residue of good design."