Re: Question re MP 3 compression; Kherz; and Digital Recording Basic

["Marc Myers" buffymarmoset]

Compression is a big topic: My rule is record the best you can. I consider =
MP3 to be a distribution format, not a recording format.
16 vs. 24: having said record the best you can know that only a very few re=
corders have self noise low enough to take advantage of 24 bit recording. A=
lso getting the recording level right is by far more important. Wear your h=
eadphones in the field.
Compression of 16 bit vs. 24 bit. If there is processing to be done I alway=
s go from 16 to 24. Dither when your applying filters is not a bad thing. T=
hen I compress from that file. If there's no intermediate processing, then =
I don't know how much difference it will make.