i'm mixing from a fostex fd-8 into cool edit pro, through an edirol
ua-3d. then in cool edit pro, i adjust some levels, add some effects,
and what-not. the fd-8 records 16-bit, 44.1khz. i'm recording into a
32-bit 44.1khz file in cool edit pro, because i've read that using 24
or 32 bit instead of 16 when applying effects is a good thing. i know
i'm not gaining any quality when i mix to a 32-bit file, but am i
losing anything? i'm not converting the actual file from 16 to 32 bit,
i'm mixing into a new 32-bit file...is this not a good idea? should i
be mixing into a 16-bit file?

please let me know what you think.

thanks,
jon.