If we tqlk about stuff recorded from analog (and not digitally
generated sound etc). Then 125dB is about max dynamic range we can hope
for. We need to make sure the analog noise-floor is above the digital
(the latter not sounding very good). So we calibrate 3dB above the
digial noise. That means 0db level at -16dbFS on the 24-bit digital
recorder. Which is just about right (recommended for ProTools),
especially if we are going to apply some digital EQ afterwards.
Personally I decided to stick with 16-bit DAT for a while longer after
all but 24-bits seems just about right.
In my view there is more quality to gain by tweaking mic-amps than
anything else.
Batteries also need some investigating. Different types of battery
sound different. Nimh tend to sound clearly better than nicad and lead
(when applied to micpre/adc). But I have not investigated this enough
yet. I am going to try and find out why with a bit of measuring - maybe
nimh has lower output impedance.
2004-07-25 kl. 14.56 skrev Rob Danielson:
> At 9:06 PM -0400 7/24/04, Walter Knapp wrote:
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>> if so, the 24 bit equipment is wasting 4 bits per sample, they
>> won't contribute to the
>> accuracy. And that's under ideal conditions.
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> One non-ideal condition is when recording distant sound sources in
> remote locations and overall sound file saturation is low. The extra
> bits contribute to some verfy useful resolution. Rob D.
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> Rob Danielson
> Film Department
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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