[LAU] jack/oversampling

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:37:51PM +0100, tim wrote:

> you must have realized, that i don't care about the sampling rate for
> recording&playback, but the headroom in the digial domain ...

The F-range headroom is convenient, but not necessary.
 
> fwiw, you may want to consult the manual:
> http://www.manualslib.com/manual/514035/Rme-Fireface-Ucx.html?page=96

This misses the point that for 24-bit converters the noise
floor will be determined by the analog electronics. In other
words any noise shaping is futile. It helps only for 16-bit
systems.

Ciao,

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