16/44 or 24/96

harvey · Post by **harvey** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:22 pm

Seeing as i only use VST's and bounce down to a stereo .wav, is there any real reason to have my system set up to say 24 / 96 if it's all inside the digital domain?

4am · Post by **4am** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:40 pm

this may be useful
http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php ... ght=record

harvey · Post by **harvey** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:53 pm

4am wrote:this may be useful
http://www.mnml.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php ... ght=record

mmmmmm..

Mixed views there!

When using dither do you just export your audio as 44/16? i.e is that the way to dither correctly? hahah

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:17 pm

Hi Harvey. I would use the 24/96 option. There IS a noticeable difference between 16bit and 24bit.

Also, recording your bounces rather than just bouncing within the digital domain will give you much better quality.

harvey · Post by **harvey** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:24 pm

clubfoot wrote:Hi Harvey. I would use the 24/96 option. There IS a noticeable difference between 16bit and 24bit.

Also, recording your bounces rather than just bouncing within the digital domain will give you much better quality.

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recording the bounces? You've lost me there mate?

4am · Post by **4am** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:36 pm

recording the mixdow to a track instead of using "render"

harvey · Post by **harvey** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:39 pm

4am wrote:recording the mixdow to a track instead of using "render"

your gonna have to bear with me here. so i send the main out to the input and record another stereo track within my DAW? Then export the audio file?

clubfoot · Post by **clubfoot** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:44 pm

harvey wrote:
4am wrote:recording the mixdow to a track instead of using "render"
your gonna have to bear with me here. so i send the main out to the input and record another stereo track within my DAW? Then export the audio file?

yeah that's pretty much it. record your main out on another stereo track and you'll have a wav.

the sounds will work better together being recorded in, rather than being digitally calculated (rendered). also an extra tip; if you can simply run your main outs through an analog mixer and back into your DAW you might find it improves the sound - you'll need a stereo input on your soundcard of course.