[Paul Stamler]

"alice" wrote in message
oups.com...
Not necessarily; a lot of the time it's preferred to record at 32-bit
(Audition's way of processing 24-bit data), then manipulate the file as
needed. The last thing you do is dither it down to 16 bits. Or, if
you're
sending to someone else to master, you leave it in 32-bit format. Let
their
mothers worry.


So if I'm sending files off to be put onto a CD compilation, should I
leave it 32 bit, or make it 24 bit?

Ask the producer or, better, the mastering engineer. The two formats -- 32-
and 24-bit -- actually contain the same data, but the first is set up as
floating-point notation while the second is fixed-point.

Peace,
Paul