Audacity Forum

Thanks for the quick reply.
Any chance it will be fixed?

Terry

Resurrecting an old thread...
Just wondering if this issue with Audacity recording 24 bits (on Windows platforms) is still actually 16 bits (padded with zeros in the 8 lsbs) to 24 bits due to a limitation in Portaudio has been fixed?

Terry

Should this be reported as a bug (or has it already)? The home page says that Audacity can record at 24 bits. No mention of the bug.

Terry

Steve, Thanks for takng the time to explain this to me. I've already wasted many frustrating hours trying to get it to work, so it is good to at least know that it isn't going to work. I did try recording some 24 bit (at 96kHz) using the application that comes with the sound blaster audigy cards (Wa...

Wow,
No discussion of this since march?? I would have thougt this is a pretty major issue.

Terry

I just checked and find I have the same problem as eharmonica.... When I look at the samples using the trial version of Adobe Audition, the FLAC files I recorded with Audacity (supposedly at 24 bits / 96 kHz), line up on the grid values and never between, showing that they are really not 24 bit samp...