Originally Posted by: rockonn91hey superhuman, in regards to tip 15...why do you do it as a .wav for the final? is it higher quality? i know that its a bigger file size.

MP3 format is quite destructive to audio recordings, you end up losing a lot of resolution and depth. It's always best to record everything in wav format on at least 44100 x 24 bit, if your soundcard can handle 96 bit all the better but file sizes start to become a problem (can impact cpu performance on regular systems). Bouncing a mix down to MP3 for listening to is fine but you should never record tracks in MP3 unless it's only a rough mix. Also, wav format is a lot easier to manipulate (editing/effects etc).