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February 04, 09 11:27 AM (permalink)

Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio

Is it possible to have both 16 bit and 24 bit audio in a project? I have had issues with this in the past that I am unable to play back one or the other if both exist in the same project.

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    dreamkeeper
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    RE: Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio February 04, 09 11:38 AM (permalink)
    As of version 5 Sonar can handle different bit depths in a project. It's all being converted to 32 or 64 bit floating point anyway, the moment it enters Sonar's audio engine - while the files themselves stay at their current format.

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    RE: Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio February 04, 09 11:41 AM (permalink)
    Yes it can in Sonar 5 and above. It should play back to what ever you sound card is set to.

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    RE: Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio February 04, 09 12:05 AM (permalink)
    OK, correct me if I'm wrong here. When you import a 16bit wav file into a Sonar project that is 24bit. Doesn't it automatically make a copy of that wav and convert it to 24bit ? That is if you have "copy imported media to project folder" set on.

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    RE: Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio February 04, 09 12:14 AM (permalink)
    Frank - that depends on the settings in global options > audio data. If it's set to "original" for imports, no bit depth conversion takes place.

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    RE: Mixing 16 bit and 24 bit audio February 04, 09 1:41 PM (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: dreamkeeper

    Frank - that depends on the settings in global options > audio data. If it's set to "original" for imports, no bit depth conversion takes place.

    werner


    Thanks, I just wanted to confirm that.

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