Marcello 4 Posted September 1, 2021 Hi guys, I have started recording some songs at 41000 sample rate and 16 bitrate, then I figured out it was too low so the next songs I recorded at 48000 sample rate but then I don't remember at which bitrate, maybe 24 maybe 32, thing is that I did back and forth exporting some old songs recorded at 16, and now in my Preference settings I have 16 by default, but is there a way to check at which bit rate the tracks were recorded in cakewalk?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,225 Posted September 1, 2021 Record Bit Depth is set in Preferences > File > Audio Data As a rule this should be set the same as Audio Driver Bit Depth in Preferences > Audio > Driver Settings Main menu Project > Audio Files shows details about clips referenced in the project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcello 4 Posted September 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, scook said: Record Bit Depth is set in Preferences > File > Audio Data As a rule this should be set the same as Audio Driver Bit Depth in Preferences > Audio > Driver Settings Main menu Project > Audio Files shows details about clips referenced in the project. Thanks man!! This means it was recorded at 16 or at 32? I suppose 16? what is render referring to? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcello 4 Posted September 1, 2021 I remember I recorded this one at 32 but I'm not 100% sure I did. DOn't remember Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,225 Posted September 1, 2021 This 10 minutes ago, Marcello said: means all future recordings will be 16bit. To see the bit depth for existing clips use 24 minutes ago, scook said: Main menu Project > Audio Files shows details about clips referenced in the project. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcello 4 Posted September 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, scook said: This means all future recordings will be 16bit. To see the bit depth for existing clips use Bloody hell some tracks were recorded at 16 and some at 32, what should I do? I export it in WAV at 32 anyway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,225 Posted September 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Marcello said: what should I do? Use it as a learning experience. Projects work at one sample rate but the clips may be at different bit depths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcello 4 Posted September 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, scook said: Use it as a learning experience. Projects work at one sample rate but the clips may be at different bit depths. ok so from my understanding if you recorded at 16 bitrate and you export at 32 bitrate doesn't really matter, but if it's the opposite you should dither otherwise gets lossy correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scook 4,225 Posted September 1, 2021 Going from 16 to 32 audio is padded with zeroes. This has no effect on the audio. Reducing bit depth such as 32 to 16 the audio is truncated to fit. This can cause artifacts. Dithering adds noise to the audio to mask any artifacts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites