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royharper3220
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A cd is 16bit 44.1 kbs right? So what happens when you burn a track onto a cd-r ,when the track was recorded at a higher bit rate ? does it screw it up?
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RWhite
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In a word, yes.
Recording is generally done at the highest sampling rate and bit rate posible, to preserve as much sound quality as possible. But before is can be put onto a standard audio CD, it has to be mixed down to 16/44. That is generally the very LAST thing that you do.
Recording is generally done at the highest sampling rate and bit rate posible, to preserve as much sound quality as possible. But before is can be put onto a standard audio CD, it has to be mixed down to 16/44. That is generally the very LAST thing that you do.
dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
Most likely your CD burning software is converting the bit rate during the recording process. However, it is probably doing that by simply truncating from 24 bits to 16 - essentially just lopping off the extra 8 bits.
You would be better advised to dither down from 24 to 16 bits. A good dithering algorithm will make the conversion more natural sounding.
As RWhite says, this should be the last thing you do to the file, prior to actually burning to CD.
You would be better advised to dither down from 24 to 16 bits. A good dithering algorithm will make the conversion more natural sounding.
As RWhite says, this should be the last thing you do to the file, prior to actually burning to CD.
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bullyhill
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You can dither in Sonar if you have it.
I forget sometimes and get that high pitch noise and it hurts.
I forget sometimes and get that high pitch noise and it hurts.
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royharper3220
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thanks
I figured thats what happened to a few of my recordings that turned to crap once i burned them. I have cool edit 2.0 i think that it is albe to do the conversions.
I figured thats what happened to a few of my recordings that turned to crap once i burned them. I have cool edit 2.0 i think that it is albe to do the conversions.