converting wav from 8-bit to 16-bit

[MrLip]

I thought this would be easy but it turned out differently.

I wanted to convert an 8-bit wav to 16-bit. In soundforge i could only find "convert to 8-bit", i didnt' see anything about converting to 16-bit from 8-bit.

Help.

[Recording Engineer]

Why would you want to do that anyway?

[MrLip]

Can't you just tell me HOW without having to ask me WHY???

Just a thought, might save some time.

Anyway, just want to get the file to 16-bit for continuity purposes.

Can anyone tell me how?

[Recording Engineer]

That question was to get you thinking.

"What would be the point?" If you wanted 16-bits, then why would you first start at 8-bits to get to 16-bits?

The manufactuers knew it would be a pointless, never used feature. That's why you can't do it.

By the way, I know how:

D/A out @ 8-bits to A/D in @ 16-bits. It's gonna sound even worse than now though.

Learn from this mistake. Even if 8-bits is where you need to be by the end, begin in your highest possible quality for as long as it is possible.

But what do I know? Maybe you had no control over this.

Good Luck!

[MrLip]

Thanks.

When you write an audio CD, doesn't the .wav file need to be 44.1/16-bit ?? (I didn't want to take chances with burning an 8-bit .wav file-- afraid of wasting a CD-R.)

[Recording Engineer]

Yeah it's true.

Going to VHS or high-quality cassette would probably be a better idea than CD-R though.

[drstawl]

Vegas Pro can handle the conversion- but it sounds far worse than the original 8 bit file!