Do Bundles convert 24-bit audio to 16-bit?

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2011/09/15 01:23:40 (permalink)

Do Bundles convert 24-bit audio to 16-bit?

I tried several searches for "bundle" on these forums, and the manual offers nothing on this, so here goes....

Does SONAR convert 24-bit audio in a project to 16-bit when saving .CWB files, and then convert it back to 24-bit when you re-open the file?

I created a 24-bit/44.1kHz SONAR X1c project with a few tracks and wanted to send it to someone. To "bundle" it all up, I used SONAR's Bundle file format. However, when I unpacked it to test it, I saw SONAR state that it was "Loading audio data 16-bit". When it was finished, I had a 24-bit/44.1kHz project open, but I have no idea what SONAR to the audio.

I do know that saving the audio separately from the .CWP file (as its own .WAV file) resulted in a much larger file--roughly three times the size of SONAR's .CWB file.

Anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks!

Steve
post edited by planetearth - 2011/09/15 01:25:22

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    Re:Do Bundles convert 24-bit audio to 16-bit? 2011/09/15 03:57:02 (permalink)
    I don't think there is a conversion to 16 bit. There is compression though.

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    Re:Do Bundles convert 24-bit audio to 16-bit? 2011/09/15 15:02:02 (permalink)
    Your project will be the same bit rate and smaple rate at which it was last saved as.

    It could be your friends DAW's settings

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    Re:Do Bundles convert 24-bit audio to 16-bit? 2011/09/15 15:39:35 (permalink)
    Thanks, John and CJay.

    I think I see the problem: SONAR isn't converting the audio data, but that same audio data doesn't necessarily match the settings you have for the file. So, if you have a 16-bit/44.1kHz file (or if those are your default settings) and you open a 24-bit/48kHz bundle, SONAR will still display 44.1/16 in the transport window, even though the raw audio data is considerably higher-resolution audio (which you can see by checking the properties for the associated audio files).

    Seems that could get a bit confusing....

    Thanks again!

    Steve

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