A simple test; live audio recording of a piping contest,
converted to MP3.
The piper: Alison Dunsire The event: the BCPA Professional Piping Knock-Out Competition
Round 1 - December 9, 2000
Required tunes: Alison, (and all the competitors) played:
2 two parted marches,
2 two parted Strathspeys,
2 two parted Reels,
and four parts of jig.
Note: This was her first contest as a professional piping competitor
I'm the dad.
Details: Live recording, indoors, very large room,
distance from camera varied from about 15 to 30+ feet,
using an 8mm Stereo (analog- oh well) video camera
copied - direct input to PC sound card (SoundBlaster Live)
converted to MP3 (Windows ME, Goldwave, PIII 800mhz)
also converted to WMA (using Windows Media Encoder - 12/14/00):