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davidv@plogue · 4th September 2003, 17:45

Sorry other things just crossed my mind

5)we dont support mp3 natively, but a vst plugin does that: mp3play
(the site however down to protest against software patents) which we also are against.

6) on Bit depth. Bidule uses 32bit IEEE floating points data internally
and thats the signal that's passed though the graph. So even if a plugin uses 64 bits internally, it wouldnt make much of a difference outside of it. Secondly, wav files stored at 24 bits (linear) contain as much bit headroom as a Float 32 bit IEEE wav file.
(techy talk

A 32 bit Float used for audio uses the same precision as a 24 (linear) integer, since the remaining 8 bits are used for exponent.

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davidv@plogue Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 29	Sorry other things just crossed my mind 5)we dont support mp3 natively, but a vst plugin does that: mp3play (the site however down to protest against software patents) which we also are against. 6) on Bit depth. Bidule uses 32bit IEEE floating points data internally and thats the signal that's passed though the graph. So even if a plugin uses 64 bits internally, it wouldnt make much of a difference outside of it. Secondly, wav files stored at 24 bits (linear) contain as much bit headroom as a Float 32 bit IEEE wav file. (techy talk A 32 bit Float used for audio uses the same precision as a 24 (linear) integer, since the remaining 8 bits are used for exponent.