Re: [Ardour-users] export problems: 16 bit files clipped...

From: derek holzer (derek_at_x-i.net)
Date: 01/20/04 17:26 EST


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From: derek holzer <derek@x-i.net>
Subject: Re: [Ardour-users] export problems: 16 bit files clipped...
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:26:54 +0100

Maybe I can rephrase this first part a bit for clarity....

derek holzer wrote:
> When I export to 16 bit, all my sessions end up clipped at -6 db. 

The files in question were actually a bit clipped at 0 db in Ardour, so 
what I am seeing is actually a loss in gain.

I know already that rendering from 32 bit to 16 bit means a 50% loss of 
dynamic range. But what I found here was that this 50% loss also came 
with a 50% loss of gain, as if the 50% was just sliced off the bottom. 
If I know my audio theory well enough, isn't this one thing [besides 
additional noise] that dithering is supposed to avoid?

Thanks,
Derek

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