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Re: [elektron] Only for people that have recorded with a machine drum through a front end

2005-11-09 by Federico Ciapi

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> Federico Ciapi <federico.ciapi@...> wrote:
> " if the clips hit -6db then
> you're already using all available bits"
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>
> Is that right? Where did you get this information from? Is that  
> when the metering is set to clip @ zero.


It's maths, simply.
Every bit of resolution gives you 6db more of dynamic range, so when  
the peaks hit -6db you're already using all available bits.

24bit= 144db
16bit= 96db

Keep in mind that there are no converters that will give you 144db of  
dynamic range - best ones top near 120db.

All the above is true with PPM metering clipping at 0db (which is  
what every daw has).

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