I don't know how many of us have listening areas that can resolve -70
to -100 db but I would agree atrac is weaker than 24 bit in the low
bit arena. But then my recording chain for 24 bit is a whole lot
different than for 16 bit or atrac.
For me I have to shut down the water tank filter and kick out the
family from the house to work low bit at natural level. It is nice to
have a field stone house that can handle it.
For converting the overall gain on "B" recordings to "A" recordings
you need every bit you can get all of the time.
Rich
> >
> >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?
>
> Isn't bit distribution/resolution linear up and down the scale? Rob D.
>
> <snip>
> >
> >Walt
> >
>
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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