[ARSCLIST] Soundtrack Pro help...

[andy kolovos <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

Any users of Soundtrack Pro out there?  I'm 99% sure that the ADC I'm 
using (Mackie Onyx 1220 w/FireWire card) is outputting a 24 bit stream 
into the Mac, and I'm 99% sure that the Mac system software (an eMac 
running OS X) is configured to accept a 24 bit stream.  Trouble is, I'm 
having a devil of a time being sure that Soundtrack is actually 
ingesting data at 24 bits.   Once it's in and "recorded"--i.e. once you 
start recording, input the bits you want and then hit the "stop" 
button--the "details" tab for the file states it as being 16bit.  When 
you export it to a stand alone file it's more than happy to do so at 
24bit, but I assume then It's just throwing in some new digits--it's 
very vexing.

Unlike my usual DAW software (Adobe Audition) when you set Soundtrack to 
 "record to a new file" (apparently the command one needs to use to 
ingest an external digital stream to be able to save it as a separate 
file) it only provides an option of selecting an input sample rate, 
there's no mention of input bit depth.

I'm going a bit nuts over this.

I've tried some substitute software but since we're mostly PC around 
here the options are slim--I can't manage to get Audacity to even see 
the ADC, and Amadeus is  having some other troubles of its own.  The 
machine I'm using (a donated eMac) doesn't have Garageband loaded on, 
which would be my next try.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

andy


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Andy Kolovos
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