Recording at 24bit appears to be 16 bits padded to 24bit

[whomper]

i was in 24 bit depth.

linear goes from nearly 1 to zero
thatzzalottadeebees!

the db scale only shows a range of about 24 db

clearly i am missing something here that was not explicitly stated

does the display average over the last n samples?

[steve]

linear goes from nearly 1 to zero

Linear goes from +1.0 to -1.0
The linear scale relates to the numerical value of the samples.

the db scale only shows a range of about 24 db

As I wrote in an earlier post in this thread;
<<< The bottom end of the dB scale can be set by the user "Edit > Preferences > Interface" >>>

[whomper]

i have the bottom set
audacity does not seem to use it though
just a small part of the top

[Gale Andrews]

i have the bottom set audacity does not seem to use it though just a small part of the top

Are you zooming in vertically?

If not, please post an image of what you mean.


Gale

[whomper]

i zoom in at times to get more resolution at the top

[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

[Gale Andrews]

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?

No - http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Relea ... _Recording



Gale

[Terry]

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

Terry

[Gale Andrews]

Any chance it will be fixed?

Not until after Audacity 2.0, and even then, the one Audacity developer who expressed an interest in it isn't active any longer.

If you are really concerned you could join the PortAudio mailing list and ask them directly about this restriction. If they fixed it we would consider updating our version of PortAudio, depending on when we thought it was safe.

Or you could try Linux. Ubuntu or PCLinux are usually thought of as "easy" OS'es to learn for Windows users.


Gale