2. Re: OLYMPUS LS-10 VS DAT RECORDINGS UPLOADED

["Raimund Specht" animalsounds]

Rob Danielson wrote:

> 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.

Yes, this is absolutely true. The full-scale level at the REC LEVEL
setting 10 (and MIC SENSE set to LOW) is -30 dBu. So, your (probably
very safe) -60 dB limit would be at -90 dBu. However, the microphone
self noise level of the K6/ME67 is at -110 dBu.

Regards,
Raimund