On Thursday 22 February 2007, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On 2/22/07, Sampo Savolainen <v2@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 13:48 -0600, millward wrote: > > > I've got a sound card capable of 96 bits, ( M-Audio audiofile 24/96 ) > > > but my sound editor, Audacity for Linux, only goes up to 32 bits. > > > Is there a sound editor for Linux that can do higher than 32 bits? > > > > You have misunderstood the specifications of that soundcard. 24/96 > > refers to a maximum depth of 24 bits (=32 bit float) and up to 96000Hz > > sampling rate. This is /way/ enough for use with audible audio. > > I have a further question on that... if I am using Jack (w/ Ardour), > does Jack automatically use the highest bit resolution possible for my > hardware (in my case, a Delta1010), and this is only overridden with > the 'force 16 bits' flag? (Overlooking any session exporting to a > file, of course). Yes (i use a delta 66 for jack): loading driver .. apparent rate = 48000 creating alsa driver ... hw:1|hw:1|1024|2|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|32bit control device hw:1 configuring for 48000Hz, period = 1024 frames, buffer = 2 periods ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 32bit little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for capture ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 32bit little-endian ALSA: use 2 periods for playback It also tells you when it fails selecting a bit depth. I don't use 96khz yet [too demanding disc space requirements].. Flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://tapas.affenbande.org
