32 & 64 bit floating is fine for the internal processing of audio but there are no hardware devices able to play better than 24 bit.

So no matter what you do if your medium is going to be CD you need to dither down to 16 bit in your final processing and if your intended medium is DVD then you can stay at 24 bit.

You can export a file at 32 bit float but it is only any good for import into another bit of software for further processing. At some time it's going to hit hardware and will have to be either 16 or 24 bit.

mudgel

When using the Share Drivers setting what happens is that the program that has Windows' focus gets the driver so you can never hear 2 programs playing at the same time. It sounds counter intuitive but you need to uncheck that setting.

I don't understand. Are you saying it's physically impossible to have Sonar and WMP playing simultaneously?

I can play youtube videos (and hear them) while WMP is playing. Firefox/IE and WMP are two very distinct programs and the focus can only be on one of them (or none) and yet I can still hear the audio overlap.

Why can't I do the same with Sonar?

(On an unrelated note, how do you guys get your avatars to show up? I uploaded one to my profile yesterday and it's still not showing up.)

jyeager11


(On an unrelated note, how do you guys get your avatars to show up? I uploaded one to my profile yesterday and it's still not showing up.)

needs to be jpeg..and i have had jpeg avatars that wont load..so id do it again and make sure it goes through instantly..theres no waiting

44.1 KHz, 24 Bit baby!

R

96kHz/24bits here. I do it because it significantly lowers latency, and my system can handle it with no problems. I've been mastering in the project lately with no problems, but the times I do master separately I'll export to 96/32bit. Another thing I did was, I stopped using Pow-R 3 and went back to Triangular dithering. The end results sound better to me when I bounce down to 44.1/16.

Jyeager11: not to worrie ..no one will dare make a pass at you !!

Bub

Another thing I did was, I stopped using Pow-R 3 and went back to Triangular dithering. The end results sound better to me when I bounce down to 44.1/16.

Triangular is my default. Are you suggesting that the majority feels Pow-R 3 is the better choice?

so for instance if i start a project in 41/24 bit  when i got to master it in export..do i need to use dither there?

88.2/24 Sounds betta on my system.