Bouncing a Song In Pro Tools 7

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Hey people,

I was wonder how much the bounce parameters affect a mix when you convert it to another type of file.

In other words what should they be?

File type: .wav, .wma, audio file etc..?

Format: stero interleaved, mono(summed), multiple mono?

I have been bouncing my .PTS files to .WMA files. Which Codec, Codec Mode, and Codec Format should be used?

Thanks a million,

batchmister
 
I wouldn't bounce anything to windows media, thats just me. As stated above is pretty much your standard...Stereo interleaved, 44.1, .wav file.

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Reproducing what was said above, and good nite.
 
.wav is the most compatible across multiple formats. .wma are windows media files, and AIFF are not compatible with PC's. 44.1 is the sample rate used for cd's so it's usually best to go down to that. If you're recording at a higher sample rate and bit resolution make sure you use dither before bouncing the files. As far as multiple mono vs. stereo interleaved, you will almost always want to use stereo interleaved. Multiple mono sums your stereo tracks to one mono track and gives you two channels of that same mono track. You get better stereo imaging with the interleaved.
Another piece of advice: When setting up your session always enforce mac pc compatibility, this will make life a lot easier if there is a possibility of working on your sessions anywhere other than where it was originally recorded.
 
and AIFF are not compatible with PC's.
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that's not true, AIFFs work fine on most all PCs. I use them everyday.

Multiple mono sums your stereo tracks to one mono track and gives you two channels of that same mono track.
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that's not quite right either....multiple mono splits the Left channel and right channel into separate files. One will be labeled "Song.L" and the other "Song.R"
So now the left channel is a mono file and the right channel is another mono file.
Summed mono is the one that sums your stereo track, but it only gives you one file.
 
Interesting......

I was taught in school that AIFF's were only compatible with macs. I checked my old notebook, and that's what I have written down. That's odd.

My bad, sorry for giving bad info.
 
lucky13 said:
Interesting......

I was taught in school that AIFF's were only compatible with macs. I checked my old notebook, and that's what I have written down. That's odd.

My bad, sorry for giving bad info.
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Aiffs were originally developed by Apple and is the "standard" format that is used on Macs...just like WAVs were developed by Microsoft and is the "standard" for PCs.
Eventually the two big guys had to play nice and share, and now most computers play both.

Take a look at iTunes on a PC. You can easily rip AIFFs or WAVs. Similarly, Windows Media Player plays both (although, WMP won't play 24 bit audio files!)
 
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