Alan Bachman

Hi everyone. I hope you are all well!!! If I have a track with a bunch of clips on it (from many takes) - if I bounce to clip - so it no longer has separate clips - and then I save as a bundle for instance, the size of the file is reduced. So, is it worth reducing the size of the file for any effective purpose (other than saving space)? Does it make it run smoother - less impact on cpu, etc? And is there any audio quality loss by making one whole track line - one clip??? Thank you, AB

Would going to the Samsung evo pro 860 over regular 860 - be worth the difference? A C drive needs to be very stable. Or is it throwing money away?

Will there actually be any noticeable difference in the running of Cakewalk by have a drive better than the Samsung 860?

I track at 96K or 88.1 because of the latency benefits and frankly, the hard drive space, taxing the system, etc. is no longer an issue. I mix to various sample rates - because as long as I have the mix where I want it, I may as well make extra copies at various sample rates.

I always mix down to 96K in case a format becomes popular later that can use it.

Thank you!

I understand. Are you using an external USB SSD? That is what I am zooming in on. Thank you.

Well - I guess my title says most of it. Anyone using these latest USB SSDS to record to? Any particular recommendations for brands, etc.?

Go for it. Otherwise, you may be sorry later! It is a lot to set up a computer - so you may as well set it up with the best, especially when the price difference is not that great.

Try everything to make sure it works. Open back, closed back, speakers, boom box, whatever. Not everyone has this time luxery. But if you really want to know what it sounds like by the end user, one must use what the end user is listening on. For that matter, take it to the car as well!

It knocked out my SPLAT. Not sure that I care though!

Well - My Sonar SPLAT stopped working after a windows update this week. So enter Cakewalk by Bandlab. It really saved me. And I loaded some really old bundle projects and it opened them up without a problem, THANKS!

I get it - I was in folders in preference and not in "audio data" which shows the two folders. Thanks for the responses! AB

Well - my splat finally stop working on a Windows 10 update. So now I am using Bandlab Cakewalk - which is just fine. Question - in setting it up, I can see in preferences where I can move the audio folder to another drive, which I have done. But what about the pictures folder? Should that remain on the C drive? If not, how does one move it - I do not see it listed in the preferences folder? THANKS, AB

Jim - thanks for providing your voice regarding the 16 versus 24 bit. Out of curiosity, what sample rate do you use for your tracks? THANKS, AB

I do not think it is as simple as dynamic range and frequency response. As I mentioned before, there is the latency issue. I will add one more issue - samples per second. If 32 samples per second provided great dynamic range and frequency response it would still sound very unrealistic as one can hear the "grains" of the sample. So how many samples per second does the ear actually transmit to the brain? What is the sample rate of analog? Is there a limit? Just curious? Anyone have an idea?

There will be different answers for different people. I suggest people use their ears. Since my computer is powerful enough and I do not use more than perhaps 30 tracks, I can record using 88.2 or 96K and it does sound better to me. I appreciate the better latency when recording. I do not use tracks during recording that I do not need to listen to when recording new tracks. This allows me to have a smaller buffer size and retain the latency benefit. Then on playback, where latency is not an issue, I can increase the buffer size. I hope this makes some sense. But this does not mean that this should apply to everyone.

Thanks scook. But can a higher sample rate theoretically result in lower latency?

I thought there is lower latency at higher sampling rates? Isn't that a benefit to some?

Since I mix out of the box, I am usually at 88.2/24 or sometimes at 96/24 Mix down I usually use several sample rates of the same mix. Who knows what format will be the most common in media in the future?

I wonder how long it will take for this new cakewalk to have equaled or bettered the plugins from platinum? Oh well - I am not complaining, but it will make it easier when using a new computer and the old platinum may not load?