Correct, sorry for the confusion. But my point is only this. Instead
of letting it add the 8 zeros, why not record with those bits filled
with 'real' material?
But thanks for the correction, you're right, it's not 'conversion'
per se. My point was only that taking 16 bits into 24 bits will not
create any better sound in and of itself, so in my mind, recording it
with the 24 bits there before processing is better than converting a
16 bit into 24 bit for processing.
But honestly, I'm now 100% done with this thread. People have the
information they need. Both sides have prevented their cases, and
it's time for the jury to retire and figure it out for themselves. I
think at this point very little 'information' is being presented
anymore, just bickering.
On May 26, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Lou Judson wrote:
> You "dither it down" (or truncate it) to 16 from 24, and if you
> import a 16bit file to a 24 bit app, it simply adds 8 zeros. But when
> you do even the simplest proecss on it - even change level a tenth of
> a dB, it will be 24bit and need dither to go to 16 again.
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