Yes, the bit-depth also has an effect on the file size. I'm not super familiar with the technology behind color grading, but in the audio realm the bit-depth affects the amount of digits representing the amplitude in a sample. I exported a 4 minute test tone from Bitwig as .wavs to get some exact sizes. 16bit 44.1khz - 40.3mb 24bit 44.1khz - 60.5mb 16bit 96khz - 87.8mb 24bit 96khz - 131mb So it can for sure eat up a lot of storage, especially if you work in 24bit or even 32bit sometimes like me. If storage space is scarce and you still want to store higher resolution audio files, using FLAC is another option, it's still lossless but will have a much smaller file size due to compression (Bitwig spit out a 12.2mb file at 16bit 96k using the same test as earlier), the only downside is it may not work with older sampling hardware or things like CDJs. (macOS also doesn't have great FLAC support in it's built in software)
i still dont think it worth it. i prolly would not be able to distinct in blind test. and even if i would it is still too miniscule and too niche to waste disk space and processing power
i was a clown and recorded my voice at instrument level, oop
also i use bitwig now sorry
Are the data sizes of the stems also bigger? It could be like video bit-depth in color grading
Yes, the bit-depth also has an effect on the file size. I'm not super familiar with the technology behind color grading, but in the audio realm the bit-depth affects the amount of digits representing the amplitude in a sample. I exported a 4 minute test tone from Bitwig as .wavs to get some exact sizes.
16bit 44.1khz - 40.3mb
24bit 44.1khz - 60.5mb
16bit 96khz - 87.8mb
24bit 96khz - 131mb
So it can for sure eat up a lot of storage, especially if you work in 24bit or even 32bit sometimes like me. If storage space is scarce and you still want to store higher resolution audio files, using FLAC is another option, it's still lossless but will have a much smaller file size due to compression (Bitwig spit out a 12.2mb file at 16bit 96k using the same test as earlier), the only downside is it may not work with older sampling hardware or things like CDJs. (macOS also doesn't have great FLAC support in it's built in software)
i still dont think it worth it. i prolly would not be able to distinct in blind test. and even if i would it is still too miniscule and too niche to waste disk space and processing power