Ableton which bit depth

Discussion of music production, audio, equipment and any related topics, either with or without Ableton Live. Would be nice if ableton kept up! By the way, Ableton - a fully 64 bit engine, or a hybrid of 32 bit? Is it relevant? Working at low sample rates like When you down-sample at the end of the project, that "junk" is removed without causing the alias distortion you'd get otherwise.

That means an 8fs oversampling limiter can take care of inter-sample peaks that will be created in the DAC while non-8fs limiters won't. Now, I agree that K is a bit excessive and prefer to operate at I don't do much processing ITB these days though. In my life Why do I smile At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye? There are lots of issues that will guide the decision as to when and how rendering should be done. I guess you will have to do some research on this topic. It should be very interesting read.

Also, the pros like Tarekith and ethios4 et al might oblige with a response. However, since this topic has been debated so many times on this forum, probably you would be better off if you did a search here. You should really come up with some very interesting reads. TBH I wouldn't worry about it. In my life Why do I smile At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye? If the output will be written to CD, then select In both cases, look in the Live manual I cant remember which section - just type dither in the search box - there is a section on exporting audio that covers the dithering options and the situations when each is useful.

Generally:- For export to another audio application: Use 32 bit to export for import into another audio application if it accepts 32 bit, else use 24 bit with triangle dither. For export of a final master that will not be further processed: Use 16 bit, Reason: Said bit rate when i meant bit depth.

I hate seeing Ableton's suggestion for optimal sound quality demand that I always render in 32 bit. In the final render you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between 16 and 24 bits, let alone So don't even worry. I bet most people won't even tell any difference between 12 bit and 16 in a busy track, possibly will hear some noise in an ambient one.

There is so much more dynamic range in bit float that it becomes a non-issue. With little reason not to why fight what the software is designed for? I worked for years in 32 Bits floating point and since a couple of years I work in 24 Bits. I haven't noticed any difference in audio quality personally. Mikael B. Thank you for your wise words. Top Mentioned Manufacturers. Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn.

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