24 bit Vs. 16bit

Multi-channel Super Audio CD system is a sound reproduction system with the
highest form of sonic purity. It records all those kinds of sound with multiple
channels, each of which are reproduced independently via multiple speakers.
Music instruments are three-dimensionally located in the sound field to realize
affluent and profound sound so that listeners can feel the space of the concert
hall. Surrounding sound and noise produced by audiences make the listeners feel
as if they also join the concert. Once you listen to the Super Audio CD sound, you
can experience the ambience and strong excitement that you have never had.
This innovative potential for sound reproduction may inspire artists’ creativity to
produce completely new music experience. Multi-channel Super Audio CD system
will thus open the door for new potentiality for sound reproduction.

PCM system requires steep filters at the input
to absolutely block any signal at or above half the sampling
frequency. (In conventional 44.1 kHz sampling, “brick wall”
filters must pass 20 kHz audio, yet reject 22.05 kHz — a
difficult task.) In addition, re-quantization noise is added by
the multi-stage or “cascaded” decimation (downsampling)
digital filters used in recording and the multi-stage
interpolation (oversampling) digital filters used in playback.

The best 30ips half inch tape recording system can capture frequecies past 50hz
DSD can represent that up to 100hz


So A test usuayll dones is the 10khz sqaure wave...
U record it into your system...at 16 bit..
Bounce it to cd then bring it back in..
The square wave is now a sine wave..

At 24 bit no change..

Or recording at dsd
Recording in DSD may seem a daunting task. However simple
calculation show differently. DSD samples music at 64 times the
sample rate of Compact Disc (64 x 44,100 Hz = 2,822,400 Hz) and
uses just one bit per sample. Comparing this with regular PCM
recording (16 bits/sample at 44,100 Hz), the resulting DSD sample bit
rate is only 4x higher, which is well within current available recording
system capabilities both tape as well as hard disk


Hope this clears it up

what software use's the DSD protocol?

U will half to rip your whole studio apart to start recrding in dsd....

Amount of Bits: Adding more bits certainly gives more dynamic range and less distortion, but the best D/A converters can realistically only reproduce about 18 - 19 bits of resolution.

This is not about to change unless there is a major paradigm shift in the laws of physics.
Is 24 bits better than 20 bits? Not if all those other bits are lost in noise. SACD uses 1 bit at a very high sampling rate giving it an effective 120 db SNR in the audio band.


This will clear up the 24-bit rule of thumb quickly

Tascam is releasing a new dvd-24bit-198 DSD recorder....But expensive I bet..

SACD vs. DVD / DVD-A vs. CD
 
As the format war continues we need to take a close look at not only the proâs and cons but what this new marketing push is really all about.
Metric
SACD
DVD / DVD-A
CD
Sampling Rate
2.8224 MHz
(64 x 44.1 kHz)
Up to 192 kHz
44.1 kHz
       
Amount of Bits
1 bit
16 to 24 bits
16 bits
       
Dynamic Range
(Maximum)
104 to 108 dB
104 to 108 dB
96 to 98 dB
       
Copy Protection
Yes
Yes
No; at time of writing
       
Multi Channel Capability
Yes
Yes
Yes; but with very lossy compression
       
Brick Wall Digital Filter
No; analog filter
Yes
Yes
       
Video / Multimedia
Capability
No; audio only
Yes
Yes, but limited by storage capability

Instead of getting into this because people just seem confused as h*ll about digital I will suggest buying this book and visiting this site.
May help you and put you on the path for better understanding (If you love math or are strong in math persue better understanding on digital it will help you make better use of the tools you have) insteading of just repeating myths and unrelated aspects.

There are real reasons why some people can't perceive various differences and there are reasons why others can.
Hope it helps some of you.

Cadenza

I have always used 32bit / 44.1kHz there is a difference. Just experiment so you can hear the difference. Next remeber this "quality of sound is important, but if your system can only handle 16/44.1 that is alright". The song can still suck at higher recording rate. It just sucks clearer.

i love me some 24 bit bass, thats about all.

ok......elma I hope you can get to the bottom of this...
are you the one passing out the stupid pills again????


need evidence? Look up one post!

Lord Toranaga wrote:

Penfold wrote:well it exists for a reason dont it?

i dont have any probs with 24 or 32@48khz, infact i going to experiments doing 88.2 and 192 all at 24 and 32bit and see what i get.

what sound card do you use?

EMU 1820