Well that's all the reason I need to saturate the tracks...
Gentlemen we have an answer.
Danny
--- In Lou Judson <> wrote:
>
> As I understand it, if your peak level reaches -6dBFS you are using all
> the bits available. Lower than that and you are losing definition.
>
> the reference levels of -12 or -18 or -20 used in some conventions
> refers to Zero VU, not the maximum level...
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Sep 9, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Walter Knapp wrote:
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> > Wasn't Rob giving us a talking to a little while back about how
much we
> > lost recording that low? Particularly in 16bit. About how the lower
> > half
> > of the range did not resolve as well as the upper half? Maybe should
> > resolve that issue before going down there as a standard practice? If
> > we
> > record in the bottom 60dB of the dynamic range of a digital recorder
> > will the recording be as good as if we did so in the top 60dB?
>
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