<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>FLAC supports 24-bit recordings of live performances quite well - it's what I use FLAC for mostly.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>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.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>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.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian Willoughby</DIV><DIV>Sound Consulting</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 27, 2007, at 14:38, cabbit records wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline">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? <BR><BR>Thanks!<BR>--rid sevilla<BR>cabbit records<BR><A href="http://www.cabbitrecords.com">www.cabbitrecords.com</A><BR></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>