24 bit or 16 bit? when burning a CD

acidjazz wrote on 8/29/2002, 3:34 PM

I made a continuous mix made up from multiable wav. files I downloaded from different CDs. I have my audio "burning settings" set to 44,100 Hz at a 24-bit depth. Since the tracks I extracted from CDs are 16-bit quality, does it make since to have my burning settings set to 24-bit. What are my pros and cons to consider for my situation?

Thanx for your assistance

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Former user wrote on 8/29/2002, 3:42 PM

If you are trying to make a music CD to play on a standard CD player, the standard is 44.1k, 16bit stereo.

Dave T2

acidjazz wrote on 8/29/2002, 10:19 PM

Yes I understand that is the standard, but having my settings set to 24 bit have any concern I should be aware of?

SonyEPM wrote on 8/30/2002, 8:24 AM

Since you are working with 16 bit source material, set the project to 44.1/16 bit so you get an accurate preview, then burn from tool> burn CD> Disc at once Audio CD and you'll be set. I can think of no reason to do an interim bit depth conversion here- just stay 16 bit all the way through.

SonyDennis wrote on 8/30/2002, 12:56 PM

Further comments: if you don't have a 24-bit soundcard, setting your project to 24-bit is extra work for your CPU, but no better sounding results.

If you render to 16-bit, such as is done to burn a CD, it overrides your project settings anyway.

The Vegas audio engine works in floating-point internally, not 16- or 24-bit.

If you are doing any processing and then rendering to 16-bit, you should use the Dither plug-in to do noise shaping, in my opinion.

///d@

acidjazz wrote on 9/2/2002, 10:50 PM

Thanx for your info.