cool edit pro 2.0/adobe audition question

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i'm picking up an m-audio delta 66 because i want to be able to record in 24 bit, but i was told this program does not support 24 bit recording, is that correct? is there anyway around it, i personally like CEP/AA a lot and would hate to change after being so use to it. Any help would be greatly appriciated, thanks!
 
As long as you have WinXP, Audition will do 24bit. Actually, the program uses 32bit with the 24bit of the card. There is no problem with that.
Because the program uses the soundcard drivers by MME, the performance was affected in Win2000 - although that may have been fixed since SP2 for that o/s.
 
cool edit pro is an excellent program imho.
i was under the impression it supported 24 bit.
if however you do have problems with recording in 24 bit (maybe something with your pc config for example) there are others you might want to try like n track, multitrackstudio.com,traktion.
and powertracks. all great inexpensive programs . i think even the free audacity now records in 24 bit and even 32 bit internally if i'm not mistaken.
 
ok, i'm a newbie with this stuff so i apolagize for the dumb questions but, i don't understand the whole 32 bit setup, i mean 24 bit recording is professional recording quality and the highest it goes is it not? i know with cool edit pro there is no 24 bit option, so say when my project is done how dpo i mix it down to retain quality, usually (with a 16 bit card anyways) when you mix down a 32 bit file, it's unplayable on cd, it jst plays as noise, so i had to convert to 16 bit and just make sure the files weren't clipping.
 
Well, actually most DAW programs these days work with 32bit "internally". In CEP2 or Adobe Audition, 24bit is just another format under the 32bit banner!
With a 24bit card, it records in as 32bit (there is no quality loss!). It saves the file as 32bit unless you choose one of the 24bit options in the "save as" dialog.
When you are ready to finish the file for CD, you convert it to 16bit with dither applied and then "save as" another file (or it overwrites the original).
You would have to do this with a 24bit file anyway, so you might as well work in 32bit (which is actually 32bit floating-point) as it's far more accurate than 24bit integer (which is what goes in and out of the soundcard).

A normal Audio CD has to be 16bit/44.1Khz - you cannot make a 24bit one.
 
ceph - you say "you know cool edit" does not have a 24 bit option.
just to clarify , on many professional software sequencers the 24 bit option does not appear unless you have a 24 bit sound card installed.
if you only have a 16 bit (eg consumer) sound card installed currently the multitrack software will analyse your sound card at boot up probably
and only present 16 bit options as that is all you have installed.
unless i'm wrong this is where the confusion is arising.
but i'm sure cool edit PRO will record in 24 bit with the right 24 bit sound card otherwise lots of pro's would not be using it.
it was the OLD cool edit 96 stereo audio editor that did 16 bit only if i remember.
 
CEP and Audition handle 24bit. They run it as 32 bit but the extra bits don't hurt anything. 24 bit sound cards work fine.
 
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