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How do I use iTunes Match to upgrade sound quality?
You can use iTunes Match to upgrade the low-bit-rate tracks in your library to 256kbps AAC files. Go to File > New Smart Playlist. In the first line of the playlist, choose: Bit rate is less than 256kbps. Hit the plus sign on the right to add another parameter, and then choose: Media kind is music.
What quality is iTunes Match?
256 kbps
Once iTunes Match is activated, iTunes scans your music library and attempts to match it to content on the iTunes Store. Tracks Apple successfully matches become available to your devices as 256 kbps AAC downloads, even if your original copy was of a lower quality. These files can be accessed from any device.
What is the best bitrate for iTunes playback?
As the arrow on this image shows, I changed the bit rate quality to “320 kbps”, which is the highest quality supported by iTunes for MP3 files.
Will iTunes Match be discontinued?
iTunes Match isn’t a back up service, so make sure to always have a back up of your music collection before you make any changes.
What happens if I turn off iTunes Match?
6 Answers. You will no longer be able to download like you currently do, and in effect, iTunes will act like Match was never on. You will be able to keep any songs you downloaded, though. So if you upgraded files you uploaded that matched to iTunes-Plus-type files, then you keep those once it cancels.
Is there a way to get a higher bitrate from iTunes?
But when i play a albums downloaded from iTunes, then details in the music sounds a bit fuzzy, this is especially true when playing music with acustic guitars. So is there a way to get a higher bitrate from iTunes…or am i forced to stop buying music via iTunes…?
How to upgrade audio quality in iTunes Match?
Here are the steps required to perform this audio upgrade: Go to File > New Smart Playlist. In the first line of the playlist, choose: Bit rate is less than 256kbps. Hit the plus sign on the right to add another parameter, and then choose: Media kind is music.
Can you download 256kbps songs with iTunes Match?
After subscribing to iTunes Match and letting it back up your library, all you need to do is create a Smart Playlist to round up all the songs in your library with bit rates less than 256kbps, take the leap of faith of deleting those files, and then use iTunes Match to download 256kbps versions of the songs you just deleted.
What’s the bitrate for a.wav file on iTunes?
I’ve just been buying uncompressed .wav files from third parties because iTunes supports that format. Bitrate for .wav files is crazy, 1411 kbps, compared to iTunes miserable 256 kbs.