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bjorkj02 Author

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Burning Redbook CD from 24-bit WAV Files in Apple Music?

Hello - I recently purchased an album on Bandcamp, and chose to download the files as WAVs. I've now added them to a playlist in Music, and just realized these files are:

Sample Rate: 44.1 Khz

Bits per sample: 24

So when I want to burn this playlist to a CD, I'm wondering if Music will automatically convert these files to standard Redbook CD 16 bit / 44.1 kHz, or if I need to prepare the files first?

I just searched online (and in this forum), and didn't see an answer to this question ...

Incidentally, I'm pretty surprised Bandcamp only has 24-bit WAV files for this release, since presumably the main reason to download WAVs is for burning CDs!

Thanks for your help,

Jim

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 20, 2021 12:52 PM

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bjorkj02 Author

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Posted on Jul 25, 2021 3:01 PM

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it. So I did (finally) burn those files to a CD w/ Apple Music. And after inspecting the files, they indeed are:

16 bit
441.1 kHz.

This was predictable, but it's good to know for sure.

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