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Old 2009-01-25, 01:49 PM
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Re: Question about Audacity

I'd say if you're capturing anything you'll want to archive and listen to in the future, go with recording at 24 bit. I'm sure as technology progresses further, one day we'll all be looking down at these 16 bit recordings like we look down upon the dreaded eMPty3 file now...

Record and save for later at 24 bit, dither down to 16 if you must for CD use, share at 16 or 24 or both!

DB gain. What for? If levels are very low, then maybe yeah. Keep in mind how awful the loudness wars are and how they ruin all dynamics (loud vs. quiet) on modern CD's. Avoid blindly boosting levels to beyond clipping. Headroom is your friend. Don't kill him with artificially fat signals.
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