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

I believe you're right! The outputs of the S/PDIF are a 20 bit word 
and the effects are processed at a 24 bit rate. I read earlier, 
someone was recording at 24 bit to get the full resolution, which is 
fine once you dither it down. Technically, S/PDIF can only transmit 
up to a 20 bit word length anyway!

Oh yes, almost forgot! There is a CD player which will play a CD-R at 
24 bit/96k. It's the Alesis MasterLink. These CD-R's will not play in 
a regular CD player though, only on the MasterLink. 



- In xl7@y..., "jesse_medway" <medway808@h...> wrote:
> 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