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[quote author=”Leif”]Two reasons:
1 – The Breakaway core (a common building block of all Breakaway products except Breakaway RTA) did not support it. Breakaway uses 32-bit math, split as 16 bits for audio and 16 bits of headroom. However, it now has a mode where it can use 24 bits for audio and 8 bits of headroom (still +48dB), so this reason doesn’t exist any more.
2 – Simplicity vs Benefit: Generally, sound card drivers support 16-bit and not 24-bit, and the benefit of 24-bit is very small compared to the compatibility headache. Also, all Breakaway versions (even the $29 one) uses an advanced ultrasonic noise dithering algorithm for the output, which to me sounds perfectly clean even turning the volume down to -40dB.
I may do 24-bit support in the future though, but my to-do list spans volumes already, so please don’t hold your breath! I’d hate to lose a good customer 😉.
Best,
///Leif[/quote]Given this outstanding response, would I do best to switch the 24-bit feature off on my soundcard? Or will it not affect things either way?
Thanks.
There’s also a Noise Reduction feature that you can enable that is a downward expander to help tone down some tape hiss or other noise.
Mag, I don’t think memory’s the big clincher in this software. Most of the power draw is from the CPU. Best bet is Intel Dual-Core or better. Although I saw a major improvement in stability and clean sound going from a p4 2.6ghz (non-HT) to a p4 2.8 Hyper-Threading CPU. I was amazed!
Athlon CPUs will work but Leif’s code is built upon the Intel feature set and takes advantage of it.
The other key hardware is the sound card.
Hope that helps at least some.
Sounds good, Leif!
You’re such a tease!
This feature would be useful for a/b comparisons.
Thanks again!
Other than being all about the bleeding edge, any reason a 32 bit xp user would benefit? Any other changes?
Yep, Yorkie… It’s a Vista/Win7 feature that allows window borders and backgrounds be translucent and seem like Glass… commonly referred to as Aero.
