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espworks wrote:
Hi everyone. I need to know what happens if I send a digital signal
(adat) at 24bit to a 16 bit machine. I just bought a behringer
ada8000 preamp/converter which works at 24bit and I want to use it
with a fostex d160 HD recorder which only works at 16bit.
thanks

That depends entirely on the receiving device. Some will not lock up.
Some will truncate. Some allow you to select proper dither down to 16 bit.
Check the manual on your D160 and see what the input settings allow.
--scott
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