[Boris Lau]

wrote:
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?

bit depth of recorder= pixel count

Of course there's a relation. Audio = 1D over time, Pictures = 2D over
time. That's the main difference, the rest is the same. ;-)

Actually, the pixel resolution is more like the sampling frequency, in
audio over time, in an image over space. Zooming in means playing it
slower. The higher the sampling rate, the slower you can play it before
it sounds bad.

The bit depth of a digital audio signal relates to the bit depth of an
image. Most digital cameras use 16-bit jpeg images, the DSLR cameras can
output RAW images with 24 or 32 bit. Here you can change the overall
brightness (=volume) or the color curves/levels (=dynamics) without
seeing steps in smooth color transitions.

Boris

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