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Originally Posted by UnderTow  Not entirely. Most DAWs run at 32 or 64 bit float internally. If you normalize (and save) you are back to 24 bits. (Unless you save as a 32 or 64 bit float file). Not *exactly* the same.
In ProTools it indeed makes no difference (as everything goes back to 24 bits before being handed over to the next step).
Alistair |
This is over my head. Had I skipped the normalization, and just boosted the volume via compressors and eq in mastering, are you saying that's different than boosting the volume through normalizing and then mastering it through the same compressors? Is it the extra step of saving the file? Is it something about the normalizing process? Do I lose something everytime I process and re-save the file (like with mp3's)?