Bit This!!!

[[Animals]]

I finished a song in ACID and I want to bring it into Sound Forge to tweak it a little before I burn it. I save the ACID project as a 24bit WAV file. When I go to open it up in Sound Forge I get an error saying it can't open 24bit file only 16bit. What gives? Correct me if I'm wrong but if I use SF to do my finishing touches, I'll never get more than 16bit. That blows...or does it?

I'm a bit new to this bit shit so any help would be helpful (technically speaking of course.)

Mac

[bikkel]

The last version of SoundForge is the first version to support 24-bit sound files. So if you use an older version it probably won't support them.

[LC]

True you need version 5.0 or higher.

[[Animals]]

Thanks guys!! Will I notice much of a difference between 16 and 24 bit? Is it worth buckin up for SF 5.0?

[makai]

Someone correct me if Im wrong, but because redbook audio(CD audio) is 16 bit and thats your goal, you would need to reduce the bit depth from 4 to 16 bit to burn anyway.
My understanding of 24 bit is that when you are laying down your intial tracks you get a better snap shot of the information (more detail) otherwise one might ask whats the point of 24 bit? Thats the point.
Hope this helps,
Doug

[LC]

Well Makai... basicly the idea is like this... You start out with the best audio quality at your disposal. Then you can mix/master and use all your effects on this file, which means all of it is of a higher standard than at the lower bit depth quality.

After this you dither down to the bit depth/rate that you will publish at and the result will be better than when you started out at that quality. it actually does work that way.

And Animals... will you notice? You can only notice the difference between things like this when you have both types of files right next to each other... or actually 2 versions of the same audio file.
it's like with cd... cd sounds great until you get the exact same music on a good quality audio tape/lp... but then of course only if the original material was analogue as well.

Oh and worth the update? Well 5.0 has some real nice new options.. and all the edit functions have been upgraded as well. Much more controll over all the effects. Then again I really loved some of teh freaky things I could do with the old software that you can't do in 5.0, I'd say it's worth it if you decide to go for 24 bit all the way, but it's no sin to wait http://acapella.harmony-central.com/smile.gif

[[Animals]]

Cool Thanks!