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

> In that the level of a digital signal has direct correspondence with bit resolution, does that mean that the base-line low level digital signal is  less than 16 bits - i.e. like 8-12 bits?
> 
> >>>Yep, that's my guess too.  Bummer, but at least you can normalize and  not worry about background noise, so it could be worse I suppose.

***still - to my way of thinking this means that one would be better 
off to record the loudest analog signal possible than to use the 
digital output. I would rather have a 15- 23 bit recording from an 
analog source than a normalized version of 10 bit digital source. I 
have tried both methods, and have noticed that the analog-source 
recordings sound brighter and sharper.***

gvibe