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If your VST is 16bit there’s no point in upsampling. 24bit is desired though because your DAC most likely converts 16 to 24 anyway! As far as I know 24 is also standard in industry. As Cybergene said it’s adding 0s so nothing gets lost here.
For down sampling you need to dither the signal.
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Yes folks, I guess we are talking about different things, but it is Friday 6pm here, so I can hardly comprehend until Monday! And because at least two of you share the same opinion vs lone me, I surrender! LOL
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. (falsely attributed to Plato) Vlad, Adult beginner
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After all this, absolutely, render at 24 bit.
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So there is NO bit depth and sample rate chosen when recording MIDI? but rather when exporting a MIDI project to audio is when a bit depth and sample rate is required?
Therefor if one chooses to export a MIDI project to 24 bit, thus rendering a 24 bit audio recording?
When then is the point when red book standard requires a 16-bit 44.1kHz for CD compatibility.
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Yes, a MIDI record is only MIDI. But with virtual instruments, it is played back with a DAW internal bit depth. At the later stage, when saving to a file, it can be render at 16 or 24 bits.
If the WAV is 24bits, it can be degraded to 16bits (the simplest way is to get rid lower bits, no computation, professional rendering use some noise shaping algorithm to make the quantisation noise displaced where the ear is less sensitive).
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OP,
So there is NO bit depth and sample rate chosen when recording MIDI? but rather when exporting a MIDI project to audio is when a bit depth and sample rate is required?
Therefor if one chooses to export a MIDI project to 24 bit, thus rendering a 24 bit audio recording?
When then is the point when red book standard requires a 16-bit 44.1kHz for CD compatibility. For your last question Let’s say you are going to release a collection of your recordings as a cd Your initial midi files of each separate piece, before you adjust your midi volume and raise to maximize the over all level; I would not do that. I would render each of the pieces separately at 32 or 24 bit/ no processing at all - as you originally played it Each wave then will be brought into a cd/mastering program like Wavelab or other. In that program then the tracks are balanced to each other, mastering eq, compression and whatever are applied and the final cd with dithering can be burned
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Hi
In regard to recording solo piano (CFX Concert Grand in to Garageband) what bit depth and sample rate would be best recommended? were you originally planning to record your piano playing as audio - or midi?
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It all depends. 24-bit is usually used in pro audio, but you are rendering within your DAW so it doesn't come into it -it will be converted internally to a higher bit rate anyway -assuming it has the same audio engine as Logic. It's then reduced again for export. 16-bit 44.1 kHz is fine for delivery.
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It all depends. 24-bit is usually used in pro audio, but you are rendering within your DAW so it doesn't come into it -it will be converted internally to a higher bit rate anyway -assuming it has the same audio engine as Logic. It's then reduced again for export. 16-bit 44.1 kHz is fine for delivery. You’re correct but the op is recording numerous pieces
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Its been an education, thank you to everyone for your input.
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