Hello, folks. I am having issues with platinum trying to record in 24 bit. firstly my system is as follows:
 
Dell inspiron 7559 with an Intel core i7 6700HQ, 8gb of ram
Alesis multimix 16 USB 2.0
 
I am recording all acoustic instruments, drums, bass, guitars. no midi, samples etc.
 
I've currently got it all set up for recording drums. 8 microphones, 5 close mics and 3 overheads. When in 16 bit/44.1 it works just fine. I've even tested the system adding guitar tracks, bass, vocals - up to 20ish tracks playing back simultaneously and everything is fine. I want to do the same thing but in 24bit/96k. the alesis mixer supports this resolution and cakewalk acknowledges that it supports this resolution when I set it up.
 
Alas, when I hit record it crashes. Not audio dropout, not glitching. Straight up crashing. asking if I want to make a recovery file before it shuts down. I've tinkered with seemingly every setting in the preferences, rebooting the system and mixer after making changes, I've even gone as far as to try different bitrates and it only seems to want to function at 16/44.1 . anything else I try, it crashes. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

roeseph
 
Alesis multimix 16 USB 2.0
 
When in 16 bit/44.1 it works just fine... I want to do the same thing but in 24bit/96k. the alesis mixer supports this resolution and cakewalk acknowledges that it supports this resolution when I set it up.
 
Alas, when I hit record it crashes....

Is this the alesis mixer you have?
 
https://www.alesis.com/products/legacy/multimix-16-usb-fx
 
According to the published specs and manual it can only record at 16 bit (44.1 or 48 hz).

Your Alesis MultiMix 16 USB FX mixer is also your USB computer audio interface, providing two channels of audio recording and two channels of audio playback with your Mac or PC. This single-cable USB connection provides 16-bit digital audio at either 44.1 (CD-quality) or 48 kHz. The USB playback can be routed to the MultiMix 16 USB FX main outputs, monitor outputs, or both for maximum flexibility.

 
I wouldn't sweat it. Make your recordings at 16/44 and be happy. Though it may seem counter-intuitive, you really won't notice the difference.

The OP question appears to be about the Alesis MultiMix 16 USB 2.0 not this https://www.alesis.com/pr...acy/multimix-16-usb-fx
 
Not sure from

roeseph
I've tinkered with seemingly every setting in the preferences, rebooting the system and mixer after making changes, I've even gone as far as to try different bitrates and it only seems to want to function at 16/44.1 . anything else I try, it crashes. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

exactly what has been tried. The record bit depth is set independently from the device settings. That said the device claims to work at 96kHz @ 24bit. The documentation shows setting up SONAR 4 using WDM driver mode. It appears to have a relatively recent driver. Make sure the latest driver and firmware are installed.If ASIO does not work, try WDM.
 
There may be info about the crash in the Windows Event log.