timothydog
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I've searched and read about the whole 16bit vs. 24bit debate. 24bit is obviously the way to go if you can do it. But that is not my whole question here.
I would like to present my setup and maybe get some suggestions on what settings I should record.
I'm tracking guitars direct through an EQ pedal into a Pod 2.0. From the Pod, it's into my Roland 1680 mixer and then out the SP/DIF into my Audiophile 2496 card. It's then tracked to Sonar 2XL where all effects are applied.
So my signal is staying analog obviously until I hit the 1680 mixer. The specs say that the 1680 has 20bit D/A & A/D converters. So is this 20bit conversion a sort of bottleneck for me since I want to record 24bit with my Audiophile? If so, should I bypass my 1680 and go analog from the Pod to the Audiophile card? Or is that going to create too much noise?
Thanks for any help!
Tim
I would like to present my setup and maybe get some suggestions on what settings I should record.
I'm tracking guitars direct through an EQ pedal into a Pod 2.0. From the Pod, it's into my Roland 1680 mixer and then out the SP/DIF into my Audiophile 2496 card. It's then tracked to Sonar 2XL where all effects are applied.
So my signal is staying analog obviously until I hit the 1680 mixer. The specs say that the 1680 has 20bit D/A & A/D converters. So is this 20bit conversion a sort of bottleneck for me since I want to record 24bit with my Audiophile? If so, should I bypass my 1680 and go analog from the Pod to the Audiophile card? Or is that going to create too much noise?
Thanks for any help!
Tim