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magnax · Post by **magnax** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:42 am

[edited out some whining...]

anyway, i'll give it another try. this time i'll phrase my question in a more general manner:
when you, fellow tracktioneer, choose to render a track which contains 24 bit audio, which resolution will the resulting file get; 16 or 24?

i'm speaking of the "render track" option, not "export audio".

/magnaX

rich_h · Post by **rich_h** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:50 am

Depends on what I intend to do with the resulting file. If it's for CD then I will dither it down to 16 bit, if for MP3 I will create 16 bit but not usually worry about dither. If I intend to do further processing later, then 24 bit.

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:06 am

Render (slightly bizarely IMO) uses the soundcard resolution to determine the bit-depth of the rendered file: if you have a 24-bit card you will create 24-bit files, but if you have a 16-bit card you will only get 16-bit files: in this case I would recommend using the export feature instead, and re-importing the result, as you can then freely choose the resolution.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:13 am

Really? I always thought render was done in your chosen resolution. Hence, if in your soundcard you've set it to 16-bit, it would render in 16-bit even though the card is capable of 24-bit...?

magnax · Post by **magnax** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:19 am

export should work, because then i can choose resolution (if memory doesn't fail me, i'm not at home right now). but my soundcard IS 24 bit; haven't found out how to set it to any other resolution.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:33 am

Aha! Oops, you're right! I can't set mine either. Must've all been a dream...

A strange, strange dream...

magnax · Post by **magnax** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:44 am

reality is even stranger though, it seems

longlostcousin · Post by **longlostcousin** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:49 am

so will t2 handle this differently? and semi-related when i render a rewire track from reason it sounds terrible and i'm not sure why.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:00 am

Tracktion is reputed to be one of the best (and for many, is THE best) reWire hosts available. Surely any sound quality issues are unrelated to Tracktion directly?

longlostcousin · Post by **longlostcousin** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:19 am

yeah, i know. so i'm puzzled! i am using tracktion and reason and nothing else. i'm not sure where the degradation is coming in... will have explore this more...

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:43 am

longlostcousin wrote:so will t2 handle this differently? and semi-related when i render a rewire track from reason it sounds terrible and i'm not sure why.

I think T2 will be the same..

Try exporting the Reason tracks, with "render at 1x play speed" checked..

longlostcousin · Post by **longlostcousin** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:42 pm

i'll try when i get home. thx.

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