Re: EIN values and bits

["John L. Crockett" naturalcontemplative]

Dan,

I've never understood this. When you boost the level in post, why doesn't
that raise the noise as well as the signal? Why isn't it better to aim for
the maximum possible signal level initially in order to end up with the
maximum s/n at the end?

The digital audio domain remains a bit of a mystery to me. I follow advice
I find here, but I don't really understand. Is there a good digital audio
primer out there?

John


>I use 24-bit recording because it gives you extra headroom to work with.
You can
>record low for safety in the field and boost it in post without any loss
of quality.
>Now that storage is larger and cheaper, the larger file size doesn't
matter much.
>
>-Dan

John Crockett
Westminster, Vermont

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