Running into an issue that I cannot resolve. It seems to be a bug, but hopefully I am wrong.
When ripping vinyl, I would like to export my files as 24bit PCM/96kHz files in AIFF. The reason for using AIFF is that this format allows for easier adding of metadata versus .WAV.
When exporting a file out of Audacity by choosing ‘Other uncompressed files’ in the drop-down menu, and choosing ‘Signed 24-bit PCM’ under the encoding drop down menu, the output file is 16bit, NOT 24bit. I have verified this in VLC and in Mediainfo.
I have attached three screenshots.
The output file:
Curiously, when exporting a WAV as 24bit PCM, this does work. The output file really is 24 BIT as shown here:
Do I miss a setting perhaps? Advice is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks for trying to help out! unfortunately, this workaround does not work with my 2.4.2 version of Audacity.
After step 1) - selecting a piece of the track and exporting this selection to 24bit WAV, when I next export the entire project as 24bit AIFF, it still is 16 bit according to MediaInfo…