rendering a multi-track session

webbster wrote on 3/26/2005, 8:56 PM

When rendering a 24bit/96khz multi-track session down to two tracks, is it better to have vegas reduce sample and bit depth to 44.1/16bit as it renders, or keep it in 96/24bit and then do the processing to 44.1/24bit in Sound Forge?
webbster

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ibliss wrote on 3/27/2005, 10:25 AM

I don't think it really makes a difference, unless you are going to master a bunch of tracks at a later date, in which case keep at 24/96 until that time would make sense.

So just do it in Vegas if that suits your purpose.

Now counting the minutes till someone says I'm wrong...

Rednroll wrote on 3/27/2005, 7:03 PM

If you're working at 24/96 in Vegas, and later plan on mastering it within Sound Forge, then render it as 24/96 in Vegas. When you open it in Sound Forge and do further processing you now have a better resolution to work with. The final step in Sound Forge should then be dithering it down to 44.1/16 bit if you're final destination is CD.