Rendering audio file formats

As hinted at in the previous discussion of file formats, the real decision about how to render your final song boils down to compression. The first question is Do you need compression If yes, then the second question is What kind Audio compression is considerably easier than video compression, and the choices you have are really between a number of compression methods that all produce quite good results. While this may seem like a fairly complicated topic at first, always keep in mind that you can almost always get away with picking a compression method and selecting a template without a second thought. 

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