[Paul Stamler]

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Are there any meaningful parallels that can be drawn between digital
photography and digital audio?

For example, if you take a digital photo with a high-megapixel count,
this means you can enlarge the picture more before you start to see
imperfections.

So if you record a 24-bit signal just under clipping, does that mean
you can get away with wider level adjustments in the DAW mixing
environment before noticing signal degradation?

In theory yes; see Arny's analogy in the other thread about a signal with a
72dB dynamic range. In a 24-bit system you could theoretically drop its
level 72dB, then bring it back up, and you'd only add a few dB of noise.

That's not analogous to a high pixel count in photography, though; if you
wanted to draw an analogy for that, it'd probably be a high audio sampling
rate rather than bit depth. But you're still comparing two very different
things.

I've formed some analogies:
linearity of audio recorder= lens quality
frequency range of recorder=color accuracy
bit depth of recorder= pixel count

Any truth to that?

Nope.

Peace,
Paul