Members wwwjd Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 TOPIC I MEANT 16 BIT not 26 BIT You know the story, wearing too many hats to know anything effectively... My machine will record 16 or 24bit 44.1 or 48k. I need 32 tracks, but if I go 24 bit I get less tracks. I will go 16bit 48k I guess. Do I have this right: 16 VS 24 bit is only about DYNAMICS, more headroom, more steps of volume difference, right? I seriously doubt the compressed pop crap I record will EVER need 24bit dynamics. It's not soft chamber music anyway. Am I right? Audio-wise, I was not able to HEAR any difference when test recording the two different bit rates. Thanks for enlightening me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimOBrien Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 There is no downside to going 24bit. You will capture a greater headroom. There is NO reason to go 48k unless you have equipment that requires it (SBLives that are 48k fixed internal, ADATs or video gear - video is 16bit/48k to synch with NTSC video). Plus you'll have to worry about conversions back down to 44.1 Lock it down on 24/44.1 and forgetaboutit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted December 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 I can't do 24bit or I loose amount of tracks. Hardware DAW. 48k gives me higher POTENTIAL frequency on recording. Why would I not want to do that? On second thought, you are right conversion back to 44.1 for the master is extra pointlessness, since 44.1 get me 22k resonse anyway and most people can't hear above 18 I found some more threads on 16vs24 with a deeper search. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 10, 2008 Members Share Posted December 10, 2008 It comes down to this: do you want more tracks or better sound quality? I would choose sound quality without evening wringing my hands over it, but you have different needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members albiedamned Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 There are two mistakes in your thread title. The other is that this thread comes up way more than once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 So you don't usually record in 26-bit? You have no idea what you're missing. Those extra two bits really push it over the top and open up the stereo soundfield in a way that 24 bits just cannot touch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members albiedamned Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 The extra 2 bits are for character, so you can only really take advantage of them with a character mic running into a character pre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted December 11, 2008 Members Share Posted December 11, 2008 Okay, so you do know what those 2 extra bits bring. So glad you understand. I feel bad for anyone who is missing two of their bits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 It comes down to this: do you want more tracks or better sound quality? I would choose sound quality without evening wringing my hands over it, but you have different needs. My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 Where's Ethan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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