Apesbrain wrote: > This thread has gotten a bit out there but I want to circle back to the > beginning because I'm a bit confused. Ralphpnj describes a live > orchestral concert recording scenario where he has 65dB of music on top > of 30dB of room noise and asks why any more than 16 bits are needed to > render that 95dB performance. TerryS says if one has only 65dB of music > then all one needs is 11 bits. Arnyk seems to agree when he adds that > such a 16-bit recording would have 25-35dB of headroom. What is the > reality here? > > Then there is the AES study to which TerryS linked which finds "that the > reproduction of music performances at natural levels requires the > ability to produce very loud sounds in the range of 120-129 dB." That > would lend credence to those who say 16 bits are not enough.
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