Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Sample Rates / Sample Sizes

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Sample Rates / Sample Sizes
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 00:34:16 EEST


On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 11:05:09 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 4) If I insert a dither in the middle of a session on a single track
> then it's unlikely that the output is converted to int unless Pro
> Tools/RTAS is design to convert it right back to float so that the track
> can mix with the rest of the session. I don't have a clue what really
> happens in this case. I've never had a reason to use this, but it does
> raise the question of how to best import a 24-bit track into a 16-bit
> session. I've have to do this once or twice. Possibly I should have
> dithered the track. I'd guess the normal conversions just strip the
> bottom 8-bits?

Protools /should/ fall back to some default dither if you do this.
Actually it would be easy to test. Import 24bit, very low signal, export
from 16 bit session, see if theres noise in the bottom bits.

- Steve


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