What recording file type is best?

Anyone have an opinion on this? I believe the default is AIFF, but I see SD II, WAV and one other. One criteria for choosing would be, if you plan on taking the files to another studio and they work with one or the other, but I might imagine most places can import any of the above? The other criteria might be about which makes a larger file, if space was an issue. I would think that any of the formats produce now discernible difference in quality?

There's no discernable difference in quality between wave files or AIFF because they are essentially the same thing, apart from a bit in the file header that says 'I am a wave/AIFF file' as far as I know, so I wouldn't worry too much about it - its easy to convert one thing to the other - they're both digitisations of the sound without any kind of data compression applied to them and they'll both take up the same amount of disk space.
The only consideration that I can think of is whether you want to play any of the audio files on a PC/Windows machine (I have done sometimes just to listen to submixes or even individual tracks on my laptop/home stereo setup), in which case it might be easier if they're already .wav files.
As far as I know the Sound Designer files have a historical context that I missed out on because I started out on a PC/Cubase intially some years ago. They may still exist as an option for compatibility purposes that I personally don't have any need for.

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Is 4/4 time the only time signiture available
so far, yes, if you want more, be sure to let Apple know:
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John Lockwood wrote:
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