Re: [LAU] maximum input level, or normalization and dc offset correction?

On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 14:59 -0400, Bill Gribble wrote:
> 3dB corresponds to roughly 1 bit of amplitude, so working at -20dBFS
> means you are giving up about 6-7 bits of resolution to headroom,
> leaving something like 17 bits in your "working" range, plus whatever
> headroom you use for transients.

Oops, that was stupid. 6 dB corresponds to 1 bit, so you lose about 3
bits.

Thanks,
Bill Gribble

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Received on Sat Jul 13 08:15:04 2013