At 07:36 2007-05-24, you wrote:
>Why would they have 24 bit converters, Lou? Why have the facility of havin=
g
>the option of recording in 16 bit without dither and 16 bit with dither in
>the menu? I think they are original 16 bit samples. Look also at the size =
of
>each file, the 24 bit is considerably larger than the 16 bit examples.
>In my opinion with recording nature sounds, you can not detect the
>difference with the naked ear and my ears are pretty good. To compare thes=
e
>recordings side by side in a listening room is virtually like telling a go=
od
>Irish whiskey from a good Scottish whisky.
But Martyn! That is easy!! I'll do it anytime!
Klas.
>I can record 16 bit with the Nagra too and still get the same results.
>I honestly believe too much time and effort has been spent on this thread =
to
>no avail.
>
>Martyn
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:
> On Behalf Of Lou Judson
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:10 PM
>To:
>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] 16 Bit & 24 Bit recordings
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>Martyn, I have just seen this and not gone to hear them - but my
>understanding is the SD machines have 24 bit convertors - so are these
>dithered or not? I think the only fair test would be with everything
>the same but use a 16 bit convertor, which the SD's don't have - this
>is a dithered version of the 24 bit A/D, so not really the comparison
>they seek, is it?
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>Lou Judson . Intuitive Audio
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>On May 23, 2007, at 8:24 PM, Martyn Stewart wrote:
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> > Recorders used were Sound devices 722 & 744. Levels were left the same
> > for
> > each recording. No filtering was used. 16bit-mkh20 16bit-MKH-110
> > 24bit-mkh-20 24bit-mkh-110.
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