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need quick help
i am wondering how much of a difference there is between 16 bit and 24 bit. who would be able to tell the difference, studio engineers? would the normal listener be able to tell?
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I would say it depends a lot on the dynamic range of the instruments you are recording (how loud and how quiet they can get). If your instruments don't have a lot of dynamics i think the recording will not suffer a lot. If they do have a lot of dynamic range the difference will probably be noticable to the trained year.
16bits digital audio has a theoretical dynamic range of 96dB, 24 bit has 140dB. A full orchestra has a dynamic range of 110dB. Miguel Negrão |
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Re: need quick help
i am recording my band, which is a pop rock band in the style of (in my opinion) death cab for sutie, the shins, elliott smith, the strokes etc. it's going to be a rock album.
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You're really not doing yourself a favor by splitting this off from your other topic, Andy.
As I said there, if you were satisfied with your job on this project, and the band's performance, there's no reason to re-record the whole CD. Track the last 3 in 24 and move on. If you were tracking a major release classical project, maybe... |
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I'm going to second that opinion - I've you've already done the project at 16bit I wouldn't worry too much that you need to re-record. I obviously don't know what your skill/experience level is for recording, but 90% of project studio work probably suceeds/fails more on the OTHER factors than the difference between 16 or 24 bit. Mics, placement, musicians technical ability, mixing, etc...
I personally use 24bit for the reason stated above - it lets me record without being overly concerned about getting a hot signal into the 16bit converter... Do you feel you did a good job of getting clean but hot signals for the 16bit? If so, I'd stick with it... jt |
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