On 24/05/2010, at 12:16 PM, justinasia wrote:
> --- In Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
>> The FR2-LE uses an A/D chip with S/N of 95dB for example which
>> effectively makes it a 15-6 bit recorder.
>
> Does this mean that with the FR2-LE there is no benefit using 24 bit over 16
> bit? I have been using 24 bit up to now but if this is true then I had better
> be using 16 bit and save space.
That is something you would need to test and decide for yourself. As has been
suggested it might be worth capturing recorder noise as it is possible to
discern some detail in the noise floor. I've seen comments to the effect that
some detail 1-3 dB below the noise floor can still be made out. You'd have to
decide if this is worth the extra disc space.
cheers
Paul
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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