[sdiy] DACs on-board 12 vs external 16 vs 24 bit

[Justin Owen]

>>> <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
>>> save 24-bit for something like a synth that has to output 32 voices, each made of 4 oscillators all mixed together, with envelopes etc. The extra quantization levels are really useful here!

>> I seriously doubt 24-bit D-A is within the reach of any synth
>> designer. Or even 22-bit. Not even Yamaha would bother.

> I think Richie didn't mean D-A'ing, but doing internal calculations with
> that bitness, in order to have enough margin for summing and attenuation.

> Chris

FYI, I included the option of an external 24 bit DAC because I believe the ST Discovery dev board comes with a Cirrus DAC that is rated at (up to?) 24 bit.

J