[ardour-users] export confusion

[derek holzer]

Jeeez!

Just to make my night more confusing, Rezound does not accurately report
the size of the file. When I simply list the directory, the file is the
size it should be. Audacity still thinks its a 32 bit float for some
reason. I will try to burn them to a CD and get to the bottom of this mess!

Unexplained gain is stil in effect, sorry to say...

d.



Jesse Chappell wrote:
> I'm forwarding this to ardour-dev...
> 
> jlc
> 
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> 
> Subject: [ardour-users] export confusion
> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:08:14 +0100
> From: derek holzer <derek at x-i.net>
> To: "Ardour User's List" <ardour-users-ardour.org at lists.ardour.org>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am exporting some tracks to 16 bit WAV, and once again Ardour has me 
> totally baffled.
> 
> First of all, sndfile-info and the native soundfile library in Ardour 
> tell me that the files I have exported are in fact 16 bit, but the size 
> is totally wrong: 308.7 Mb for a 15:17 min soundfile. That is 32 bit 
> size! Audacity is the only app that seems to realize this, and reports 
> the exact same files as 32 bit float...
> 
> Second of all, there is some unaccounted-for gain in the levels of the 
> tracks. Earlier in the session, I ran the tracks through Jamin with a 
> limiter at -0.6 dB. The resulting tracks, when exported, show up clipped 
> in any sound editor. Re-importing them into Ardour, I see that they are 
> in fact peaking at 0 dB. So then I try exporting them with the mixer 
> fader set to -2.1 dB, and the resulting track shows a peak level of -0.3 
> in Ardour!
> 
> ????
> 
> Any clue how this is possible?
> Using Planet CCRMA RPM for Ardour 0.9beta11.2-1
> Ardour/GTK 0.453.1 running with libardour 0.728.1
> d.
> 


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