Would anyone care to give a small exanple of
using this 'float' sample type?????
thanks,
steb.

Michael Gogins wrote:

> Use the "float" sample type (option f). This corresponds to the same dynamic
> range as 24 bits, and will sound just as good. This is because the mantissa
> of a 32 bit floating-point number is 24 bits long. In addition, floats
> provide the ability to handle various amplitudes that can be rescaled to fit
> within the 24 bits after the fact. Float WAV soundfiles are a Microsoft
> standard and can be played by Cool Edit Pro, and perhaps other software.
>
> I highly recommend doing all Csound work with float soundfiles until the
> very last step, mastering. Particularly if you do any mixing or remixing of
> soundfiles, you will find the sound significantly better this way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Silva-Escuela Nacional de Musica, UNAM
> 
> To: csound@maths.ex.ac.uk 
> Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 1:35 PM
> Subject: 24 bit Csound: Letting the cat out of the bag...
>
> >Hello!
> >
> >With all these shiny new 24 bit audio toys coming out, I just wanted to
> >ask the Csound gurus whether a 24 bit Csound is a possibility in the
> >future?? Is this at all practicable?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Pablo
> >
> >