The Logic Off Topic list

HEY, wake up.... don't take offense personally but....
you guys are anal retentive. please get over it, don't make red lights go
off and stop driving each other crazy please. What does this have to do with
anything musical??? nothing. that's right. you have much better things to
worry about.

tk

> At 05:08 AM 17/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> So what number of db corresponds to multiplying the volume by exactly 2?
>> That will preserve the bit relationships, right?
> Is 3 db "twice as loud"?
> 
> 6 dB is twice as loud. Two violins are 3dB louder than one violin, it takes
> four to be twice as loud or 6 dB louder.
> 
>> I think I read that this is very subjective and there are different
>> opinions, but there should be one definite answer as to sliding every bit
>> over one place from least toward most significant bits. For example turn
>> 7 = 0111 to 14 = 1110.
> 
> Arithmetical operations on 16 or 24 linear audio file produce rounding
> errors in the Least Significant Bit.
> Normalising is an example of this type of operation. It does not increase
> the resolution of your file -- it boosts the noise with the signal and adds
> more noise. It is often suggested therefore,  that you do all your
> processing of the file -- FX ,EQ, compression, reverb etc and boost only in
> the final stage to get maximum level  to take best advantage of the limited
> resolution of the CD format (16 bit linear, 44.1KHz sampling).
> 
> The internal processing of Logic's native effects and VST effects etc is
> all at 24 bit float so the absolute level of the file that undergoes that
> processing doesn't matter beyond the usual caveat that the highest
> resolution is obtained by recording as near as possible to full scale
> without clipping.

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