Jonny Mumra wrote on Mon, 07 November 2005 14:19 |
Im a bit behind the 8 ball but im seriously considering going down this path of 64 bit with Sonar 5.
I saw the video from AES i think it was it seems great. I just dont want to get sucked in like i did with high samplerates, but i suppose its worth a try. My main concern is will the mix engine sound superior to the other DAW's
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I'm finding it hard to imagine any real-world scenarios where the mix-bus would sound better, since under normal circumstances any error in a 32 bit system should be kept below the noise floor, though I could probably manufacture some artificial scenarios where it would.
Other processes (such as EQ, reverb etc) could benefit, it rather depends on what they are and how they are implemented.
Jonny Mumra wrote on Mon, 07 November 2005 14:19 |
and will processing plugins benefit from this 64 bit processing capability.
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Depends on the plugin whether quality would be improved. However 32 bit plugins will execute faster if compiled for the 64 bit mode of the processor. To be honest I really can't see much advantage in passing data around between modules with greater than 32 bit float accuracy, even if processing internally at 64 bits yields advantages.
Jonny Mumra wrote on Mon, 07 November 2005 14:19 |
Also what will plugin counts be like.
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I'm afraid I don't know as yet.