Topic: Wavelab Bit Meter

[BC]

Nope, it was on 24 Bit the whole time, just checked the 2k and it is still on 24 bit.

any chance you have a 24/96 capable soundcard in your computer (and wavelab?) at home? You could monitor the digi out of your 2K at the current settings and see real-time what it is outputting.

Just a thought.

PS: Nice rig!

[tractor]

I guess it could have slid over but the 722 was locked in at 24/96.  Who knows, lol

[fsulloway]

My guess is that it's user error related.

[scb]

>>I guess it could have slid over but the 722 was locked in at 24/96.  Who knows, lol<<

the 722 doesn't have a 20 bit mode. i think it'll either say 24 or 16, depending on what you choose

[dmonterisi]

so what's the best way to seed the 20bit sources?  is there a way to truncate the padded zeros?  there's no reason to seed it as 24bit and the extra size when it is 20 bit, but i don't know the best way to get it done.  thanks.

[Brian]

so what's the best way to seed the 20bit sources? is there a way to truncate the padded zeros? there's no reason to seed it as 24bit and the extra size when it is 20 bit, but i don't know the best way to get it done. thanks.

just dither down to 16.  don't truncate ever!

[dmonterisi]

so what's the best way to seed the 20bit sources? is there a way to truncate the padded zeros? there's no reason to seed it as 24bit and the extra size when it is 20 bit, but i don't know the best way to get it done. thanks.

just dither down to 16.  don't truncate ever!

i did that for the 16bit source, i'm talking about seeding the 20bit source which is masquerading as a 24bit source.

[Brian]

ok.

dither it to 20bits

[dmonterisi]

but then isn't the dither algorithm just trying to approximate the sound of the padded 24bit source?  there's no way to just lop off the extra zero's??

[Brian]

if you dither down to 20 bits i'm guessing that's what will happen anyways since wavelab will see the extra bits as all zeros.  maybe not though.  you can just change the bit depth without adding a dither. that will truncate the waveform.

try both and analyze the waveforms.  see what happens.

edit: spelling

[dklein]

I would just leave it as a 24 bit source with 20 bit resolution.  The standards are either 16 or 24 - some folks may have difficulty with 20 bit.  The size difference is minor and flac only works on 16 or 24 bit.

[Brian]

I would just leave it as a 24 bit source with 20 bit resolution. The standards are either 16 or 24 - some folks may have difficulty with 20 bit. The size difference is minor and flac only works on 16 or 24 bit.

a very good point to keep in mind!

i was just thinking not too long after this original discussion that it would be pretty worthless to have a 20bit copy other than for wave data archival purposes.

[Brian]

so what did you end up doing?

i would just keep the dithered down 16 bit copy and call it a day

[dmonterisi]

nothing yet...i just got back from delaware/philly and haven't done anything with it yet.  i didn't realize flac didn't work with 20bit files, i was hoping to cut like 25% of the file size off by seeding 20bit sources, but it looks like i'll leave them as 24bit and inform people they are really only 20bit files.