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

Exactly, normalization doesnt improve the quality at
all.  Yes it makes it louder but its just a louder
version of that 10 bit signal.

I checked the specs though and although the samples
are in 16bit format it says the outputs are 20bit.
The effects are 24 bit.  It doesnt really say what
the actually mix buss is at though.  But if the outputs
are 20bit at the spdif then you would be ok to have
a conservstive level.  6db drops you 1 bit so even 12db
below 0 would still be 18bit.

Maybe someone from Emu can clarify.

Jesse


> 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