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

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "gonzinigonz" <gonzini@...> wrote:

> 24bits as long as everything is happy and syncs up. Trust your ears 
> though with that one. You might prefer the sound of the lower bit 
> depth of 16..

I've recorded some loops with my audio card trought s/pdif at 24 bit
and all seems to be ok and in sync.
but my doubt was about the possibility of passing a "real" 24 bit
signal throught a s/pdif. is it that possible?

another doubt was about the internal audio resolution of the xl-7: is
the xl-7 capable of delivering a 24 bit true signal?
maybe these are stupid question, but I've never used s/pif so please
be kind : )

> Yep thats normal.. logic behind that is you have potentially 128 
> voices sounding at once then there has to be enough headroom on the 
> digital output to handle it. Theres no headroom above 0dbfs, just 
> horrible distortion (that you proberly dont want....??!!) so scale 
> everything down db level wise with the digital output.
> Not sure what the average is with the xx7, ive never measured it..

if you record a kick alone, velocity  at 127, track volume at 127, you
get  a signal of about  -10, -12 db, and less for hi hat or other
sounds. Then I normalize it at - 3 db, but I was wondering if it would
be better to record it throught the analogic output that is "hotter"
and I easily get good level without normalizing.

thanks,

davide