Many of the older 16 bit digital sample libraries that I have heard (produced in the 90's) have lots of harsh IM distortion. (Likely caused by post-processing digital generation loss). Some of the more recent sample libraries have been captured and processed at 24 bit or higher and they do sound very clean by comparison.
People say "CD's are 16 bit and that's good enough quality for samples". It's not good enough for sample production digital processing.
Clay
I've been reading the Bob Katz book again!
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> > > Those are 16 bit samples, not 24 bit samples. They are also not the
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> > Are you sure? I know David Kean, when he made the Pindertron CD, sampled things at 32kHz 16bit, but that was a zillion years ago when Windows 3.1 was probably cutting edge and George Bush Snr was still in charge. Or something.
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> > In any case, a bit depth of 16 bit is perfect for capturing a single sound source (and gives a dynamic range hugely greater than the mellotron tapes in any case)... it's only when you start multi-tracking and mixing lots and lots of tracks and sources in a DAW that they realise you need 24 bit (or 32 bit float)
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> The samples on my Pinder CD are 22,050 kHz, or 1/2 of CD quality. They still sound pretty good, but there's room for improvement.
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