16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the very
least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format
wars).
Extra bits are nice, but all they really give you is a bigger dynamic range. What
I really like playing with (at 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit, whatever) is higher sampling
rates, which cause less of that square-wave distortion I mentioned at higher
frequencies. More realistic super-high highs can really make a difference in how
real and present a recording sounds. Even the small amount of extra samples
that DAT machines allow (48kHz instead of 44.1kHz) can make a noticeable
difference. But for now, I still typically record at 44.1kHz because then I
can transfer the signal digitally to my computer and it never has to go through
a conversion to analog or through a resampling process during any of my
mixing or other sound modification, and doesn't have to be resampled to
be burned onto an audio cd.
The reason I mentioned 16 bit 44.1kHz in my previous email was that I was
specifically talking about cd audio, and those are the standards for normal cds.
DVD-Audio is still in the early adopter phase, and while I'd love to be an early
adopter, I just don't have that kind of money :-/
Reggie Bautista If I Were A Rich Man Maru
P.S. If anyone has some 48kHz or higher DACs laying around that they would like to donate to me, I will happily take them off your hands :-)
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