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hi all.
did anyone know something about working with 32bit audio files on a macintosh with osx?
in the pc-world this is a everyday-business, but as a apple user this is still a problem!
we're working with Pro Tools but as far as i know Digidesign is not
supporting 32bit yet. even sonic HD dont do that.
so is there any other application working with 32bit you know about?

thanks in advance
L U P O

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Michael Fossenkemper Sun, 04/11/2004 - 19:49

most of the internal processing bit depths are greater than 24 bit. I know all the waves stuff process in 48bit. All of my outboard gear also can't handle anything greater than 24 bit, it does process internally at 40 bit float, so it's never really been a concern. If i'm not mistaken, peak may accept 32 bit. Have you received files at 32bit and need to work with them?

Masteringhouse Wed, 04/14/2004 - 08:37

Lupo wrote: hi all.
did anyone know something about working with 32bit audio files on a macintosh with osx?
in the pc-world this is a everyday-business, but as a apple user this is still a problem!
we´re working with protools but as far as i know digidesign is not
supporting 32bit yet. even sonic hd dont do that.
so is there any other application working with 32bit you know about?

thanks in advance
L U P O

By 32 bit audio I'm assuming that you are talking about 32 bit floating point versus 24 bit fixed.

The Pro Tools LE versions I believe use 32 bit float where TDM is fixed point based. You can import 32 bit files into Pro Tools TDM without any problems and work with them there.