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Topic: Speek approrpriate for Comedy or Acapella? (Read 4058 times) previous topic - next topic
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Speek approrpriate for Comedy or Acapella?

I'm wondering about whether or not Speex would be appropriate for encoding recordings of comedians and/or acapella albums.

These have the unique property of being >90% recorded with the human voice, but I have no idea how appropriate Speex or any other speech codec would be for these types of albums.

Thoughts anyone?

Speek approrpriate for Comedy or Acapella?

Reply #1 –
I would suggest encoding an album and if you like the results, go for it.
"I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet." - Rodney Dangerfield

Speek approrpriate for Comedy or Acapella?

Reply #2 –
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I'm wondering about whether or not Speex would be appropriate for encoding recordings of comedians and/or acapella albums.

These have the unique property of being >90% recorded with the human voice, but I have no idea how appropriate Speex or any other speech codec would be for these types of albums.

Thoughts anyone?

If the comic stuff is mostly spoken word, then speex should do just fine. Acapella, on the other hand would be better with a normal audio codec.

Speek approrpriate for Comedy or Acapella?

Reply #3 –
If there are problems with Speex for this kind of material, I think that you would be most likely to hear them in passages of applause/laughter.  Try a couple of such passages and see whether they sound too distorted for you.