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Originally Posted by Ghostwheel  First of all, no need for this tone, alright!
So, sure if I save the file as 24 bit *after* the 80db reduction it would destroy the dynamic range. What I meant is that in Audition, it doesn't matter what you start with, you can apply dramatic amplification operations and the internal 32 bit floating point will take care of it for you.
In fact, I just repeated the test and here is what I got (see attachments).
Now back on topic - if you work in Audition, the default saved format is actually 32 bit floating - unless you explicitly tell it to save as 24 bit interger, it won't. So in this case, you are absolutely fine!
Even if you did save as 24 bit - don't sweat over it - I am sure your Normalization operation had absolutely no practical implication about the quality of your audio. |
Well if you knew that, then you would know it was also true for 16 bit, which you said it wasn't. In fact it would be true for 1 bit audio, provided all of your operations (gain and trim) were done within 32-bit floating point with no fixed intermediary.
The correct advice was provided already in the thread before that post.