Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I think think that clears that one once and for all...
Gonz


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@...> wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure I went into this a long time ago, but just for
> clarification, the entire signal path of the XL-7 after the 
resamplers
> is 24-bit.  The samples are 16-bit.  The filters are 24, the FX are 
24.
>  S/PDIF might be 20, might be 24, but you should *certainly* record
> 44.1/24 off the S/PDIF and only ever record off the analog mains if,
> for some reason, you like the hiss of analog or the non-linearities 
of
> the DACs.
> 
> And, a quick reason for 16 bit samples and 24 bit signal path:
> one 16 bit sound = 16 bits
> two 16 bit sounds = 17 bits
> four 16 bit sounds = 18 bits
> eight 16 bit sounds = 19 bits
> ... 16=20, 32=21, 64=22,
> 128 16 bit sounds =23 bits!
> 
> And that's not even counting filters (which can go past 24 and into
> distortion even on one sound!) and the effects section.
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> --- oneal.patrick@... wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Fwiw, very few people actually record at 24-bits, even today. The
> > audio usually ends up in the 18-22 bit range. It is still very
> > difficult to try to record anything at 24 bits without "clipping" 
the
> > audio.
> > 
> > Yu should be able to get perfectly respectable and cd-quality
> > recording at 16 bit/44.1 plus you have the added benefit of much 
less
> > cpu load, smaller space etc. 
> > 
> > 
> > You can do that, but remember you will gain nothing by recording 
at a
> > 
> > higher resolution with the XL-7 digitally. You could try recording
> > the 
> > analogue outputs at 24bit, it will sound differant, better or 
worse..
> >   
> > You might well have no choice, maybe you get the choice of 16 or 
24.
> > Go for it, it should be fine 
> > Check this page out
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