Re: [ARSCLIST] Soundtrack Pro help...

[Aaron Coe <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

As a fellow Mac user, I felt it was my duty to at least attempt some  
assistance with your problem.  I have only messed around with  
Soundtrack Pro once upon a time, but I thought I would glance at the  
manual real quick and try to help.  My best guess would be to check  
the settings in the Project Preferences.  There seems to be some  
settings in there that may be affecting your exporting function.

From Page 76 of the manual:

Project Preferences:

- Sample Rate pop-up menu:  Sets the default sample rate for new  
projects. The choices
are 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz (CD-quality audio), 48 kHz (DVD-quality audio),  
and 96 kHz.

- Export Bit Depth pop-up menu:  Sets the export bit depth for the  
current project and
new projects. The choices are 16-bit (CD-quality audio) and 24-bit.

In addition, the bit depth and sample rate setting for your Onyx 1220  
in the Audio MIDI Setup utility may also be a factor.  If nothing  
else, you could always post your problem on the official Apple  
Support Forum for Soundtrack Pro and hope for a better response.

Good luck, and feel free to email me if there's anything I can do to  
help.

-Aaron


On Aug 14, 2006, at 12:06 PM, andy kolovos wrote:

> 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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