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You said it was Sir:

jackobyDawg wrote:there was no sample rate conversion going on


Yes there was - a

I hope that's abundantly clear as the muddied waters.

I guess I came to the wrong place to ask my question.

I don't see how reducing the number of bits in a sample can be "Sample rate conversion"?

The key operative word here is "rate". In usual parlance rate equates to sampling frequency not the bit quantization of the signal.

Wow koz! Mayhaps if it comes up regularly it should be fixed by advising people in Big Bold Type that it is an "Editorial Production Environment Manager" rather than "The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor" blazoned on http://audacityteam.org/ (also Recorder added in the link titl...

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