At 7:24 AM +0000 7/8/08, Raimund Specht wrote:
>Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>> Puzzling that the bit rate would affect noise performance directly.
>> Seems unlikely that quantizing noise is playing a factor at the sound
>> levels Vicki has used thus far-- even when recording in low sens mode
>> at level "10." Rob D.
>
>Hi Rob,
>
>The problem with the LOW sensitivity setting (low gain) in conjunction
>with the 16 bit format is that the quantisation noise is obviously not
>fully masked by the K6/ME6x microphone self noise. So, once could
>still perceive the quantization noise during the soft or silent
>periods of a recording. It is therefore adequate to chose the 24 bit
>setting when the MIC SENSE is set to LOW.
>
>Regards,
>Raimund
Hi Raimund--
Just want to be sure about the source of the noise. When I tested 16
bit quantizing noise pretty carefully a while back, the background
level peaks in the recording had to be in the -60 dB range (96 dBFS)
for quantizing noise to be heard at 16 bits. Is that the saturation
range you're working with with the files recorded in Lo Sens mode at
the "10" setting? Rob D.
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