I think what you may be seeing is an artifact of MP3 compression. While MP3 compression does a terrific job of keeping file sizes small, it does have some limitations that you should be aware of. The higher frequency sounds tend to get lost during heavy compression.

Whenever I have high frequency event sounds, I find that I need to do a lot of testing to get the compression level that makes me happy. In the Sound Properties dialog (double-click on the sound in the library) you can mess with the compression settings and test them at their export quality.

Jody Keating Fig Leaf Software

-----Original Message----- From: Jefferis Peterson [mailto:jefferis@petersonsales.net] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 3:31 PM To: flasher from chinwag Subject: Re: [flasher] Scratchy sounds on output

flasher "Muzak" <muzak@pandora.be>

> >How are you using these sounds in Flash? Event, start or streaming? The >compression for streaming sounds has to be set in the >publish settings, not in the library.

I am using streaming with default publishing as MP3 16 fast.

>How good (quality) are these sounds when imported? Wav files, MP3 files? >I usually have the best results with 16 bits PCM 44.1 kHz >stereo wav sounds.

For mac they were 22khz AIF files.

>If you want good quality (listenable/enjoyable) music, 20kHz won't cut >it. You should at least use 32kHz (and that's still bad) or >higher. >For sound effects, 20 kHz might be ok, but don't expect a bird to sound >like a bird :-)

Are you talking about import quality here or export quality as something other than default Mp3?

It's funny, but music usually sounds just fine at MP3 16 fast. It's the other sounds that seem to be awful.

Jeff

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