[Flac] 24-bit FLAC Files

[Brian Willoughby]

FLAC supports 24-bit recordings of live performances quite well -  
it's what I use FLAC for mostly.

Programs like WaveBurner, which ships with Apple's Logic Pro, allow  
for on-the-fly sample-rate-conversion and dithering for bit-depth  
reduction.  But with many other burning programs, the process will  
not be so easy and automatic.  I believe there are command-line  
tools, perhaps freely available, which will handle dithering from 24- 
bit to 16-bit.

I hesitate to answer your question with another question, but is any  
software available for burning DVD-Audio discs?  Users could burn 24- 
bit files directly to a 24-bit format supported by audiophile  
players, if this were the case.  Alas, I believe the only existing  
tools have steep licensing fees, and are not geared towards easy use  
by novices.

Brian Willoughby
Sound Consulting


On Jun 27, 2007, at 14:38, cabbit records wrote:

Hi, we're a small label in Honolulu, Hawaii, starting up, offering  
FLAC downloads of live performances of local artists, and we're  
wondering how is the support for 24-bit FLAC files?  Our concern is  
that would it be too difficult for users to burn 24-bit FLAC  
recordings to CD?  Are there any simple tools that convert 24-bit  
FLAC to 16-bit FLAC, or burning applications that transparently do  
the conversion when you burn a disc?

Thanks!
--rid sevilla
cabbit records
www.cabbitrecords.com

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