"Kurt Albershardt" wrote in message
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Also: due to the way computers store information, 18 bit PCM takes the
same amount of disk space as does 24 bit PCM (and often the same amount
as does 32 bit floating point PCM data.)


Well, my point wasn't that using 24 bit has anything wrong with it, nor,
with the cost of storage today, is there a problem with using 24 bit for any
project. In fact, the processing aspects of digital certainly require that
you use 24 bit, and save it as 32 bit floating point if you can. I was just
trying to make it clear that there are technical aspects of 24 bit
converters that wouldn't necessarily make them better than 16 bit in given
circumstances. Pretty much the concept of choosing one's tools to fit the
job. When I go out and do location recordings, I still use Tascam DA38s and
I've not had one client that wasn't happy with the recordings. They might
not have liked the performances, but that's a different story. My last
submission to A Fifth of RAP was recorded onto DA38, and it sounds pretty
good to me (obviously biased) with plenty of dynamics. The room lacked
something and 24 bits wouldn't necessarily have bought me anything more.
The same with Scott Dorsey's extremely dynamic recording. And again,
Tonebarge absolute knocks one out of the park with his Mackie/Adat
combination (although he uses different pres for tracking).

I just didn't want any lurkers to think that only 24 bit converters are a
solution to any recording problems they might have. Again, it's the use of
the tools rather than the tools themselves.

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