Posted by: "Rich Peet"
> 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.
Very, very few have optimum listening setups. Most studios don't even
have suitable listening setups when it comes to resolving the full
dynamic range. I think that's why most process at a amplified level.
It's one of the reasons I do most of my work with headphones. I can
simply hear more of the dynamic range of the recording with them.
Working with computers you always have their noises. And most houses
have 60 cycle hum behind everything. I can see how a stone house would help=
.
Right now at my home there is the sound of the destruction of 30 acres
of lovely hardwood forest and the underlying soil to satisfy the greed
of a developer. Six days a week during all daylight hours.
> For converting the overall gain on "B" recordings to "A" recordings
> you need every bit you can get all of the time.
I think that's the bottom line, you should always strive for the best
recording in the field, for each and every channel you record. If it's
not in that recording it won't exist.
Walt
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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