cabbage said:hi,
Im a newbie and im wondering what my soundcard settings should be?
currently they are
Output- +4dbu
In1 - +4
In2 - +4
Latency- 384 samples
sample rate- 44,100
Is this bad? I got the soundcard off a mate without the instructions
cheers,
C.
cabbage said:cheers mate,
mine was set to 16 bit. ive already recorded songs at 16bit, im guessing that it will not be as simple as changing it to 24bit? re-record to get that quality?
cheers,
C.
No. You can record your new tracks at 24 bits. It shouldn't cause any problems whatsoever - except it will require more storage space.cabbage said:thanks paul,
also, does that mean that if i were recording more tracks on the same song, i couldnt record them at 24bit? what problems could that cause?
cheers,
C.
You will need to dither anytime you reduce the bit rate of a file (e.g., when you reduce from 24 bits to 16 bits to burn to a CD). You do not need to dither each individual track - rather you just need to dither the exported wave file.cabbage said:thanks again,
ive had a look on the site about 'dithering' but im finding it confusing.
i have cakewalk sonar 2.2 and i havent seenanything about dithering on the software, it just converts to 16 bit. is dithering a seperate process? anbd also, will i only need to dither if i mix 24bit tracks with 16 bit?
cheers,
C.