Hello everyone,
Would you know if there is any free tool (or any other) available to convert in batch (it's the batch thing that would be neat.) from 16 bit to 24 bit ?
Thanks.
16 bit to 24 bit batch tool ?
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- KVRist
- 72 posts since 19 Jun, 2003
Nope... you were closer the first time. Doubling the bit rate adds a little less than 1/3%. Now doubling the sampling rate is a different story. IF the original material was at 24 bit then dithered to 16 going back up to 24 DOES add some clarity. Do a test for yourself and listen very closely especially to the tail of the file.
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- KVRist
- 89 posts since 25 Mar, 2004
I don't think you will gain anything, but in case you need it for hosts that want all the files in the same format:minitigre wrote:Hello everyone,
Would you know if there is any free tool (or any other) available to convert in batch (it's the batch thing that would be neat.) from 16 bit to 24 bit ?
Thanks.
voxengo r8brain
Eric
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- KVRAF
- 6937 posts since 4 Jun, 2004 from Utrecht, Holland
Whatever might have been there in 24bits or being still analog, in 16bits its gone and you're not going to get it back as it was. You'll get an approximation (if you're lucky.)
A good sampling engine will take care of redithering (or whatever you call it) those soft tails in my final mix, being at 16bits as is. I truely don't see the point, and that's just my opinion.
About the growth in storage, I'd say if you add 8 bits to 16 you add half of it in storage. Period. Or the WAV is compressed one way or another (and that is cheating
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Now if anybody knows of a batch utility that does this conversion, please step forward (just seen one: voxengo r8brain??)
A good sampling engine will take care of redithering (or whatever you call it) those soft tails in my final mix, being at 16bits as is. I truely don't see the point, and that's just my opinion.
About the growth in storage, I'd say if you add 8 bits to 16 you add half of it in storage. Period. Or the WAV is compressed one way or another (and that is cheating
)Now if anybody knows of a batch utility that does this conversion, please step forward (just seen one: voxengo r8brain??)
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- KVRist
- 64 posts since 28 Sep, 2004 from Cabo de Palos, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Here's what I do.
Get r8brain from http://voxengo.com/r8brain/ and install the package. Create a r8brain working directory (in your My Documents folder) and copy the .exe to it from the installation directory (usually c:\Program Files\Voxengo\r8brain). Create a batch file in the working directory with the one line as follows:
for %%i IN (*.wav) DO r8b_console "%%i" "24bit %%i" 44100 44100 24 4
Then each time you want 24bit files
1. Export as 32 bit (standard format).
2. Move/Copy the exported files to the r8brain working directory. (Or export them to that directory in the first place)
3. Run the batch file.
It will convert all files in the directory to 24 bit.
Note that this does not work for the gui version, because it insists that you change sample rate as well as bit rate.
Let me know how it goes.
Get r8brain from http://voxengo.com/r8brain/ and install the package. Create a r8brain working directory (in your My Documents folder) and copy the .exe to it from the installation directory (usually c:\Program Files\Voxengo\r8brain). Create a batch file in the working directory with the one line as follows:
for %%i IN (*.wav) DO r8b_console "%%i" "24bit %%i" 44100 44100 24 4
Then each time you want 24bit files
1. Export as 32 bit (standard format).
2. Move/Copy the exported files to the r8brain working directory. (Or export them to that directory in the first place)
3. Run the batch file.
It will convert all files in the directory to 24 bit.
Note that this does not work for the gui version, because it insists that you change sample rate as well as bit rate.
Let me know how it goes.
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- KVRAF
- 2083 posts since 8 Apr, 2004
No it doesn't... it will just add 8 0's to the end of the 16 bits...Donnie wrote:Nope... you were closer the first time. Doubling the bit rate adds a little less than 1/3%. Now doubling the sampling rate is a different story. IF the original material was at 24 bit then dithered to 16 going back up to 24 DOES add some clarity. Do a test for yourself and listen very closely especially to the tail of the file.
On the other hand it might help if you then process the sample some more (reverb, delay etc...) as the process will use all 24bits...
Ben
