Wave Export Bitrate

[snowdiver]

I finally got around to exporting a WAV with EZKeys. It appears to be 8-bit. Really? Did I do something wrong? Toontrack drums export to 24. Id expect the same quality here. Does anyone use 8-bit for anything anymore?

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[Scott]

I’ll need more info about what you are doing.

Are you using the latest version of EZkeys (1.1.2)? Are you using the standalone version and using the Song Track->Export Song as Wave File… option?

I just rendered a test file using the standalone EZkeys (1.1.2 64-bit) and it renders here a 16-bit 44.1kHz stereo wav file.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[snowdiver]

Not stand alone-within DAW. I might’ve been wrong about 8-bit, it appears to be half of the file size if my 24-bit tracks. So …12-bit? Even 16 seems a little under par?

[Scott]

Exporting using the EZkeys ‘Song Track->Export Song as Wave File…’ option renders a 16-bit 44.1kHz file. If you want to render a 24-bit file you need to use export function in your DAW by dragging your MIDI from EZkeys into your DAW and rendering from there.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[snowdiver]

I guess, I’m surprised by that. I would’ve guessed 24-bit files, like Superior. If I render it through my DAW, would I actually be getting better sound quality? Or, is it a wash, based on the programming of EZkeys and the way it plays?

[Scott]

You would be getting the same quality as they sound when you play MIDI through EZkeys. No more or less.

EZkeys uses Toontrack proprietary loss-less compression algorithm TPC for their samples.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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