<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Harry van Haaren <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harryhaaren@gmail.com" target="_blank">harryhaaren@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>I think the FLAC spec says it will handle anything from 4-32 bit-depth: <a href="https://xiph.org/flac/faq.html#general__samples" target="_blank">https://xiph.org/flac/faq.html#general__samples</a><br>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>flac cannot handle 32 bit *floating point*. the link you provided reads:<br><br> "FLAC supports linear PCM samples with a resolution between 4 and 32 bits
per sample. FLAC does not support floating point samples"<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>
That said, Audacity only has FLAC export options of 16 & 24 bit depths. Ardour supports 8, 16 and 24. Still no 32 bit float support (at application level).<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ardour supports 32 bit float export to file formats that allow it. FLAC does not.<br>
</div><div> <br></div><div>Note that technically WAV does not allow 32 bit float. You really need "WAVEX" for that. Sensible audio file I/O libraries can handle it, however, even though technically it violates the WAV specification.<br>
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