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Originally Posted by iluvcapra  Just accept as given that I'm always converting audio to PCM when I spot it into a session, the DAW never plays the lossless file. Since my whole library is interleaved, and most of it is at 16 bit, this is basically where I am now, since I'm on Pro Tools and Pro Tools has to convert just about anything in my library before it'll play.
Does anyone else work like this? I just think the whole .L/.R business is an atrocity tutt and I won't let it anywhere near my library files.
Right, which is why FLAC and ALAC both support up to 32-bit integer PCM at least up to 192, and FLAC supports LPCM sample rates into the megahertz.
I've appreciated the comments on this thread, I'm definitely keeping PCM backups of my personal sounds; but I think some of you talk as if LPCM sample streams had fairy dust in them or something. |
I am doing the same as mentioned here except that much of my library is now at 96k/24bit- I would never ever use a sound file that was not in a mastered and archived (twice) form.