The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> Those are 16 bit samples, not 24 bit samples. They are also not the  
> complete sets of Mellotron and Chamberlin sounds.


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.

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)