The difference is about 50dB or so of extra dynamic range you have to work with in 24 bit. The advantage there is you have a lot more headroom before clipping and a lower digital floor, giving your signal more room to breathe and you mix a lot more room to maneuver than you have with 16 bit......what are the practical and actual differences between 16 and 24 bit recording?.....I'm about to begin an acoustic recording and am using a 16 bit workstation.....will that be adequate, or should I invest in a 24 bit recorder?
.....what are the practical and actual differences between 16 and 24 bit recording?.....I'm about to begin an acoustic recording and am using a 16 bit workstation.....will that be adequate, or should I invest in a 24 bit recorder?
I don't want to split hairs, but mastering to CD-A is processed at high resolution (usually analog - the highest possible resolution) and is then rendered TO a 16-bit replication master. It makes perfect sense when I think about it.Industry standard calls for recoding in 24 bit and then mastering in 16 bit. This really makes no god damn sense if you think about it...
And again, WORD LENGTH (or BIT DEPTH). Not "bit rate" -- That has nothing to do with anything here. And it's not 24kbps (24,000 bits per second). It's 24-bit word length at 48Ks/S in this case. Big difference - Huge, gigantic, etc.And if the bit rate is 24 bits per sample then you are recording at 48k and 24 kbps. Technically you record with these values.
I can't think of one mastering scenario (and I can think of plenty of scenarios) where processing would occur in 16-bit. Rarely 24, more often at least 32 with a floating point, and again, generally speaking, analog.Mastering occurs at 44k 16bit
I don't want to split hairs, but mastering to CD-A is processed at high resolution (usually analog - the highest possible resolution) and is then rendered TO a 16-bit replication master. It makes perfect sense when I think about it.
Not "mastering AT (or IN) 16-bit. There's a big (huge, gigantic, drastic) difference.
And again, WORD LENGTH (or BIT DEPTH). Not "bit rate" -- That has nothing to do with anything here. And it's not 24kbps (24,000 bits per second). It's 24-bit word length at 48Ks/S in this case. Big difference - Huge, gigantic, etc.
I can't think of one mastering scenario (and I can think of plenty of scenarios) where processing would occur in 16-bit. Rarely 24, more often at least 32 with a floating point, and again, generally speaking, analog.
I'm not sure where you're getting your information (and your general lexicon), but you should look for another source.
Now, with the help of the degree, go back, copy, paste your post into a new post & edit the errors you made. When typos create that much confusion or error you ought to take ownership of the error and clrify your statement & intentions.
Luckily someone in the know saw the errors and brought them to our attention otherwise someone/many may have taken your info as on the spot and made an error they could've avoided.
Remember: it's not the degree itself but the degree to which you put it, effectively, to use that matters.
Agreed. I'd consider all that a bit more than 'typos.'Now, with the help of the degree, go back, copy, paste your post into a new post & edit the errors you made. When typos create that much confusion or error you ought to take ownership of the error and clrify your statement & intentions.
Luckily someone in the know saw the errors and brought them to our attention otherwise someone/many may have taken your info as on the spot and made an error they could've avoided.
Remember: it's not the degree itself but the degree to which you put it, effectively, to use that matters.
I'm not exactly disagreeing with you there, but I'm curious as to what you're using that's only 16-bit... And making blanket statements like "mastering is done in 16-bit" -- Just because you might work in 16-bit (again, can't imagine why, how or where) is misleading at best to less-experienced engineers who might actually think that's true. As much as logic and common sense would negate it.Im 16 bit data hes 24
That would make no sense - If it were actually the case. But it's not.Industry standard calls for recoding in 24 bit and then mastering in 16 bit. This really makes no god damn sense if you think about it...
Most interns I've had with degrees in audio engineering and related fields have been the worst interns I've had as far as basic knowledge goes. It blows my mind what some instructors 'teach' to people... So "MY DEGREE" makes me skeptical whenever I hear it.MY DEGREE
I'm about to begin an acoustic recording and am using a 16 bit workstation.....will that be adequate
Yes, it will be perfectly adequate. Understand that 16-bit digital is about 20 dB quieter than the best analog tape (without noise reduction) and has 1/100th as much distortion. So if analog tape is "adequate," then 16-bit digital is even more so.
--Ethan
Agreed. I'd consider all that a bit more than 'typos.'
I'm not exactly disagreeing with you there, but I'm curious as to what you're using that's only 16-bit... And making blanket statements like "mastering is done in 16-bit" -- Just because you might work in 16-bit (again, can't imagine why, how or where) is misleading at best to less-experienced engineers who might actually think that's true. As much as logic and common sense would negate it.
That would make no sense - If it were actually the case. But it's not.
Most interns I've had with degrees in audio engineering and related fields have been the worst interns I've had as far as basic knowledge goes. It blows my mind what some instructors 'teach' to people... So "MY DEGREE" makes me skeptical whenever I hear it.
True story: A recent intern, which I found before he started a four- year degree course at a rather impressive school for the arts, filled me in regularly on some of the absolutely ridiculous tripe being taught in class. First day - True story - "Record as hot as you can without clipping" was part of the conversation. Honest!
MY DEGREE - so what I made some typographical errors...
Hell, where did you study???, i mean how could anyone give a degree to someone that confuses Bits with KBPS?, your teacher might have 6 emmy awards, but that doesnt make you any good, and remember a good engineer is not always a good teacher, and a good teacher is not always a good engineer.... also, dont be fooled, i also have a Major degree in Audio engineering, but that doesnt prove anything.. most of the things i've learned are by own experience and other people, the university is a nice resource but its not the absolute truth.
I actually was the best audio guy in the class...
...I'm not really an engineer so much as a producer, I could never think with that type of indepth knowledge of technical matters
Then why do you keep bragging about your Degree if you dont know that much ?
I wasn't bragging.
I don't know anything.
I just know about music, imaging, and enough technical stuff to make the shit sound good.
Start talking about co sine and the E=MC squared and you might as well talk russian