[linux-audio-user] Linux music editor, greater than 32-bit ?

Bengt Gördén bengan at kthnoc.net
Tue Feb 27 06:57:00 EST 2007


tisdag 27 februari 2007 10:43 skrev Arnold Krille:
> 2007/2/26, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org>:
> > Vincent Jaubert wrote:
> > > On 2/26/07, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> > >> 24 bit means 135dB signal/noise ratio.
> > >> I haven't seen yet analog gear capable of 135dB.
> > >
> > > 24 bits is useful for processing. For the end user, 16 bits is enough.
> >
> > Right, keep an overhead while processing, while the requirements for
> > delivery are lower.
> >
> > But I would argue that I'd like a tad more than 16bit for delivery.
> > 20bit would give us around 115dB if I'm not mistaken. 22bit would be
> > somewhere in the 120's. It would be nice to cover the whole dynamic
> > range of the human ear, which is 120dB.
>
> You have amps and speakers doing 120dB? Show them to me.

There is a Swedish inventor that has constructed a sub that can replace 40 sub 
membrane. It is build with turbine instead of membrane. I might be such a 
beast.

Swedish ref.
http://www.nyteknik.se/uploaded/image/bilder/bildarkiv/RotoSubhogtalare.jpg
http://www.nyteknik.se/art/41212

Small ref. from CeBit (in English)
http://www.rotosub.com/f_CeBit.html


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