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
>
>