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Also, would this be the case if you had the Audiophile edition?




The Audiophile's audio files are 16 bit, 44.1 kHz. So setting the sound card to 24 bit would not be a benefit, unless you are using plugins as Rob has explained.

As for the sampling rate, changing to 48 kHz would cause the 44.1 audio to be resampled. This would cause a tiny amount of information loss. If resampled back down to 44.1, once again a tiny amount of information would be lost.

Resampling the bit depth from 16 to 24 does not cause any information loss. This is also true when going back from 24 to 16, only if NOTHING happened to the audio while it was at 24 (no plugins applied, no gain change, etc.). So if you must change your sound card's bit depth to 24 because you are mixing some 24 bit recordings with RealTracks, it won't hurt the quality of the RealTracks.


Blake

PG Music Inc.