Re: [microsound] [ot] the 56k challenge

[derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>]

At variable bit rate MP3, lower frequencies require less information to 
encode than higher frequencies. With some calculation, you could make a 
pretty long bass drone that would still come in under 56K easy. I 
remember something like a 10 minute Slub track using this technique that 
still fit on a floppy.

Another idea would be to provide song "fragements" that could be 
arranged randomly, in a playlist, or by some other set of instructions. 
There was a whole bunch of stuff done on the Fallt site a while back 
that simply used the broswer's "refresh" function to mix a series of 
*extremely* small fragments. Total size of the various "tracks" ranged 
started somewhere around 6 or 12 Kb. I think maybe Pimmon was involved 
in that project.

Likewise, a MIDI file, PD patch or any other essentially "textual" 
instructions for playing a "track" need not take up more than a few Kb 
of space.

thinking out of the box,
d.


Chris Bryan wrote:
> It seems to me that it is impossible to have a .mp3 or .wav that is
> more than 1min and 56k or less.  I think 60k is the smallest you can
> get 1 min of .wav or .mp3.
>
> I looked around on the net, and tried a bunch of programs and the only
> thing I could come up with would be to use a different file type.
> If I'm missing something, or there is some program that can bypass
> these limitations could someone clue me in.
>
> If I'm right, and the project is an impossibility should we decide on
> a revision?  How about .ogg files.  This would give us lots of time to
> work with.
>
> -Chris


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