Re: Question about OSX audio routing

[Raul Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com>]

i understand what you say... so both extremes have their
inconvenience, overloading the dac being the worst i supose.

so it's better to leave any kind of dithering (even the less
*intrussive*) when going form 32 bits to 24 bits if you plan to do
some post editing and/or mixing of various tracks.

... thanks stefan.

2009/5/25, Stefan Tiedje <stefantiedje@googlemail.com>:
> Raul Bonell schrieb:
>> i try to make the final mixes on logic, but since logic can't import
>> 32 bits files... i'd go for the 24 bits format in live, although as
>> i'm using lots of ableton's fx (and that's where 32 bits makes sense),
>> if i render 24 bits files, then i need to dither from 32 to 24 prior
>> to importing the files into logic (or i should?).
>
> No, not necessary. 32-bit is a floating point format with a 24-bit
> mantissa. If you don't leave a lot of headroom or go beyond your dac
> range it shouldn't make a difference. 32 to 24 is just trashing the
> exponent... (more or less...)
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