Dirty Junk
Dirty Junk
When you finish the mix of a track, and will export to mastering, export in a higher bit depth then your samples used make sense?
I'm confused
I'm confused
bandcoach
Zukatoku - Mod Scientist
um, yes and no
The samples you used are already down-sampled/up-sampled to the relevant bit-depth/sample-rate combination of your soundcard as a matter of course, i.e when you are listening to them in the context of your track they have already been converted via your soundcards' dacs to the bit depth and sample rate it is capable of, this means that you are no longer hearing the samples at the stated bit-depth/sample-rate but at your systems bit-depth/sample-rate .
Ultimately your track will be rendered at a bitrate relevant to the distribution medium, so you are probably looking at mp3, mp4a, wav and CD-A as a minimum group of target formats. This means that your final version of the track will be at least 16 bit 44.1kHz.
It could also be 24 bit 48kHz or even 32 bit floating point 96kHz or 192kHz
The samples you used are already down-sampled/up-sampled to the relevant bit-depth/sample-rate combination of your soundcard as a matter of course, i.e when you are listening to them in the context of your track they have already been converted via your soundcards' dacs to the bit depth and sample rate it is capable of, this means that you are no longer hearing the samples at the stated bit-depth/sample-rate but at your systems bit-depth/sample-rate .
Ultimately your track will be rendered at a bitrate relevant to the distribution medium, so you are probably looking at mp3, mp4a, wav and CD-A as a minimum group of target formats. This means that your final version of the track will be at least 16 bit 44.1kHz.
It could also be 24 bit 48kHz or even 32 bit floating point 96kHz or 192kHz
Spaceman_Ant
New member
Good info....
Was wondering if im exporting wav 32 bit floating point....does it have to be 96khz or 192khz...
Could it be somewhere inbetween...
I checked mine after reading the post...n when i export out of fl its..
32 bit floating point... 362kbs
Fl studio audio settings... sample rate ....44100khz
Should it be
Fl studio audio settings....sample rate 96000khz or 192000khz
Was wondering if im exporting wav 32 bit floating point....does it have to be 96khz or 192khz...
Could it be somewhere inbetween...
I checked mine after reading the post...n when i export out of fl its..
32 bit floating point... 362kbs
Fl studio audio settings... sample rate ....44100khz
Should it be
Fl studio audio settings....sample rate 96000khz or 192000khz
bandcoach
Zukatoku - Mod Scientist
the higher the sample rate the more information that your file stores - this does not mean that final target medium will benefit from the extra information, but just that you will have more information to use when rendering to your target medium.
Choosing a sampling rate is about:
- the number of samples per second, and
- directly affects the number of calculations required when doing any processing in your daw
Choosing a bit depth is about setting your dynamic range :
- 96db for 16 bit,
- 144db for 24bit, and
- theoretically unlimited at 32 bit floating point,
-- although there is a finite upper limit (0dbfs),
-- the lower limit is controlled by the range of calculations,
your note that the the bit rate seems to be 362kbs is so off it is not funny:
320 kbps is what you get with the best quality cbr stereo mp3
1411.2 kbps is what you get in standard 16 bit 44.1kHz stereo wav/aiff file (linear pcm)
Spaceman_Ant
New member
Good look ...
imma do what needs to be done...
imma do what needs to be done...
krushing
Active member
Do note that upping the sample rate will not magically make the samples any better directly, though...but some fx plugins can benefit from this - although a lot of them already oversample internally.
J
jordonrenn
New member
Anything above 16bit is pointless. If you're getting your music released, it will ultimately be converted to 16bit no matter what, thats what iTunes, beatport, amazon etc. sells and it's what CDs are. Just my half related opinion.
bandcoach
Zukatoku - Mod Scientist
as a final rendering for distribution media, yes, 16 bit is the best you can expect:
but why would you limit yourself to the lowest viable bit depth when doing the creative work
- more dynamic range means the ability to add greater light and shade in terms of volumes and
- the rendering process from the higher bit depth to lower bit depths will retain the relative intensities between instruments in your mix....
but why would you limit yourself to the lowest viable bit depth when doing the creative work
- more dynamic range means the ability to add greater light and shade in terms of volumes and
- the rendering process from the higher bit depth to lower bit depths will retain the relative intensities between instruments in your mix....
J
jordonrenn
New member
I would agree for producing but mixing I'm still unsure, but maybe it's my minimalistic approach. I feel mixing is getting the best out of whats there, not adding as much as you can. ALSO, my computer likes mixing 16 bit stems better (It's kind of a piece lol).
I think I might test this out for myself, and see how much of a difference it'll make on one of my projects.
I think I might test this out for myself, and see how much of a difference it'll make on one of my projects.