pisquano
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what's audio driver bit depth for?
hi I use a Saffire LE with asio4all
somehow my parameter for audio driver bit depth is Greyed to 24 and there's no way to change it
if I go to global options I can indeed change it to 16 or 32 and it works so I ask myself
what is the function of that menu (audio driver bit depth)?
why can't I change it anyway?
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CJaysMusic
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:32:57
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why are you using asio4all with your saffire le????
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Thomas Weiss
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:33:29
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That´s the real "Bit possibility" (analog-digital convertion) which is send from your driver/soundcard to Sonar
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Thomas Weiss
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:34:38
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why are you using asio4all with your saffire le????
Yes - good question 
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pisquano
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:36:41
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guys let me tell you
with asio4 all I get lower latency... is really that simple!!
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:36:54
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Read your sonar manual on how to set up your soundcard and audio drivers. Its there in big print
CJ
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:39:17
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i don't get your comment man
I have my card's drivers and they don't work as good as asio4all
why you say this?
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Thomas Weiss
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:43:05
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Which driver you have choose ? It´s important to take the ASIO driver from your card and NOT the MME or WDM driver
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:43:06
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Dude your sound card has exellent drivers. have you tried downloading the latest version of the driver?????????????? and try WDM and you have to ajust your latency and buffers for both to get it working at its best. these are not just plug and play things..
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pisquano
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:45:35
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guy my question was different but thanks anyway
with asio4all i get 2.7 ms latency and YES i use the buffers etc etc
i guess it's quite good no?
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pisquano
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:46:48
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excuse me? i don't get this asio4all works fine!!! 
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:46:49
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ORIGINAL: pisquano
somehow my parameter for audio driver bit depth is Greyed to 24 and there's no way to change it
if I go to global options I can indeed change it to 16 or 32 and it works so I ask myself
what is the function of that menu (audio driver bit depth)?
why can't I change it anyway?
Audio driver bit depth states how your interface interacts with Sonar. The "record" and "render" settings under Options->Global->Audio Data tells Sonar how to save the data once it's in Sonar. Record for recorded files, render for bounce, freeze, export. These 3 settings are completely independent. You should probably set "record" depth to the same as audio driver bit depth. Otherwise truncation or file padding is taking place. Set "render" to whatever you like, but I think most people set it as 24 or 32. You can't alter the audio driver bit depth because under the current driver setting the interface only supports 24 bit. Using a different driver type may allow you to change this.
post edited by altima_boy_2001 - 2007/02/05 21:10:25
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Thomas Weiss
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:48:10
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It´s important to take the ASIO driver from your card 
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pisquano
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:48:14
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thanks in fact i will use 44.1 and 24 bit which i think works fine!!I might use 48 and 24 bit but why bother
cheers
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:51:22
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thanks in fact i will use 44.1 and 24 bit which i think works fine!!I might use 48 and 24 bit but why bother
cheers
i was going to say something, but why bother. CJ
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pisquano
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:52:50
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please i am listening Cjay
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RE: what's audio driver bit depth for?
2007/02/05 20:58:26
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you should take the time and set up your saffire correctly, you can record , i think at 24/96 with that sound card or at least 24/48. your recordings will benefit from the higher sample rate and bit depth. Go to focussrite's web site download there latest driver for your sound card, Then start up sonar and select your card for the ins and outs(midi and audio)
why are u settling for less..
all this is in your sonar manual. do u have a manual.
Cj
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