[Rwp] setting optimal sample rate and depth/rendering etc

[James Teh]

Ah, interesting. It wasn't there for WASAPI shared mode, perhaps because in that case, it's determined by Windows. I can't remember whether it's there with WASAPI exclusive or ASIO and can't check right now. 

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> On 11 Oct 2015, at 4:01 PM, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> 
> It's there in preferences if you use wav out, which I'm doing on this experimental machine just using generic devices instead of a real interface.
> There are radio buttons for the bit depth and an
> edit box for the sampling rate.
> Maybe that's just a place holder.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10/10/2015 10:02 PM, James Teh via RWP wrote:
>> As I understand it, you can't actually set the sampling rate in Preferences. You can only set whether the project should override the device sampling rate; i.e. the rate configured for/by your device, not by REAPER. I think the idea is that REAPER wants to configure sampling rate and bit depth per project because you might choose to use different settings for different projects. That said, as an x-Sonar user myself, I too was expecting to find it in Preferences.
>> 
>> Jamie
>> 
>>> On 11/10/2015 8:10 AM, Chris Belle via RWP wrote:
>>> I'll have to experiment, but what makes me nervous is that when I push that button, I don't think it changes the settings in the dialogue in preferences.
>>> device.
>>> So that makes me think you can change it both places,
>>> whether it matches yoursoundcard abilities or not.
>>> 
>>> For instance, you can set 8 bit recording in soundforge,
>>> even though your audio device might not support it directly, so when ever possible, I want to see what's really going on, and not be faked out.
>>> 
>>> So I wish this sort of stuff was a global setting strictly.
>>> 
>>> Or that project settings tended to follow the global settings.
>>> in sonar they do unless you force a difference.
>>> But two different animals, two different ways of doing things.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 10/10/2015 11:17 AM, Scott Chesworth via RWP wrote:
>>>> I'm not in front of Reaper, but I'm pretty sure that somewhere within
>>>> that project settings dialogue accessed with Alt+Enter there's a way
>>>> of saving those settings as your defaults. That doesn't explain why
>>>> the checkbox in prefs isn't working though.
>>>> 
>>>> Hth
>>>> 
>>>> Scott
>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/10/15, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>>> Ok, I'm scratching my head here.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have set 44,100
>>>>> and 24 bit in my
>>>>> device settings and checked the check box to not let projects over-ride
>>>>> sample rate.
>>>>> I've tried it both ways, but maybe that's just for sample rate, and not
>>>>> depth.
>>>>> But to get 24 bit recording, I always seem to have to set that in
>>>>> individual project settings with the alt-enter and same for rendering
>>>>> settings.
>>>>> Is this standard behavior, or is there a way to globally set this
>>>>> someplace else,
>>>>> so it always defaults to 24 bit, recording, and we always want 32 bit or
>>>>> better rendering right for fx and such?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Otherwise, everything seems to default to 16 bit.
>>>>> when I start a new project.
>>>>> 
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