Topic: Preparing A 24/48 Recording

[Wayne Kisbee]

Hi,

Have recorded a few acoustic gigs over the past 8 months or so and have done a few touch ups on Audacity and save all my WAV files in their original state oe 24 bit 48000.

Normally, I do a 16 bit version for when I put recordings up on DIME but noticed with two acoustic recordings in particular that when I do transfer to 16bit 44100, they lose some of their dynamics. Not sure if it's my ears or not.

However, I use Trader's Little Helper and it won't let me convert my WAV files to FLAC whilst in 24bit 48000 state.

Am I doing something wrong?

Cheers

[Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B)]

Are you using CD Wave to track out the files?

If so make sure you check off "Use Alternate 24 bit format" (or something like that), when you save the files.

[Wayne Kisbee]

Hi, no I use Audacity to split into tracks and anything else and have saved them as 24bit 48000 WAV files.

[jagraham]

However, I use Trader's Little Helper and it won't let me convert my WAV files to FLAC whilst in 24bit 48000 state.

Am I doing something wrong?

Cheers

^ Not sure what's wrong but TLH can do that for sure. Most of us hopefully back up our master files and this is one way to do so. Not sure what to tell you, maybe check around the settings. I just drag and drop the files and encode to FLAC on the highest quality setting.

[bombdiggity]

However, I use Trader's Little Helper and it won't let me convert my WAV files to FLAC whilst in 24bit 48000 state.

Am I doing something wrong?

You need to make sure the align on sector boundaries box is not checked when making those flacs. 

IT:H will not convert anything but 16/44.1 files with that box checked presumably since sector alignment only applies to CD format Redbook standard (though where you place the splits in tracks at any other resolution is relevant if someone else converts them to 16/44.1). 

[Wayne Kisbee]

You need to make sure the align on sector boundaries box is not checked when making those flacs. 

Cheers. That was the issue.

[bombdiggity]

You need to make sure the align on sector boundaries box is not checked when making those flacs. 

Cheers. That was the issue.

   You're welcome. 

As nice as that program is, it could benefit from a useful error message when this applies (I suspect it crops up from time to time). 

[bombdiggity]

Normally, I do a 16 bit version for when I put recordings up on DIME but noticed with two acoustic recordings in particular that when I do transfer to 16bit 44100, they lose some of their dynamics. Not sure if it's my ears or not.

That is possible if one is sensitive.  IMO Audacity is not the best tool for higher end functions (like sample conversion, but others like pitch correction as well).  Another program may yield better results...