24 bit exporting | Voters

24 bit exporting

Jose Fermoso

You should be able to set the audio bit rate of a .wav file to 24 bit. I’ve been working with a professional audio producer and when I told him you couldn’t do that on Descript, he dismissed as an amateur Unprofessional Piece of software. You gotta do this.

August 14, 2020

Robin Dean

I'll add a third request to this. Many of us in the production industry intend to master the audio after the fact. The base for audio mastering is 24-bit, 48khz.
Again, 24/48 ... because 16/44.1 is the final master output, followed by 320k/44.1 MP3 for mass web use.
Descript is part of production, not post-production, so the output config needs to be the SAME as the input.
Let entry/basic subscribers have this.

Jesse Gay

This feature is essential for professional use. At the very least 24bit, 48KHz uncompressed audio (and preferably the ability to set bit depth and sample rate (since some workflows will call for 16 bit and/or 44.1KHz).)
If you didn't want to add any toggles within Descript, one option would be to at least follow the audio settings in Audio MIDI Setup.app (on Mac.) 
If these features are enabled, please make sure that the original recording  uses the specified settings (as opposed to just recording at the current 16 bit level and then transcoding/resampling which wouldn't help.)

Matt Johnson

I want to second this, but add 24-bit recording. Having 24-bit support is a must for professional use.

Jose Fermoso if you have “Creator” or above level, you could get around this for the time being by importing a 24-bit, do transcription and/or edits, and then export as an Audition/Pro Tools/Logic/etc. Then you can open up in DAW and export as 24 bit with all edits preserved. It would be nice to have this built in to Descript, but this could help you work around for now.