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16-BIT AND 24-BIT RECORDING
The UltraLite-mk3 system handles all data with a
24-bit signal path, regardless of the I/O format. You
can record and play back 16-bit or 24-bit audio files
at any supported sample rate via any of the
UltraLite-mk3’s analog or digital inputs and
outputs. 24-bit audio ...

The short answer is I don't know.

The longer answer is it might come in from the sound card at some raw high bitrate (24/32?) at a certain sample rate, then it's mixed internally at 32bit floating point, then records to the hard disk at the bit rate to 24/16/whatever as is set in the preferences ...

Anybody?

Hi, this is probably a dumb question, but I just want to make sure. I'm looking to start working in 24 bit/48kHz. I've set the sample rate and bit depth in Live to those settings, but I only see a setting for sample rate in the MOTU setup, nothing for bit depth. So I'm guessing that whatever audio I ...

The Create Digital Music blog posted this earlier today in their roundup of audio manufacturers and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard support:

Ableton’s Dom Wilms, Manager – Technical Support, writes CDM:

10.6 is not officially supported yet, as we’re currently testing it with Live 8 and based on the ...