30 Dec
2012
30 Dec
'12
1:08 p.m.
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 12:36:45AM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
to summarize, there are two physical constraints, and
they are
common to analog and digital signals: bandwidth and dynamic range
(or, more precisely, signal-to-noise ratio). in both respects,
digital systems out-do analog ones easily, by orders of magnitude,
I tend to think of SNR and dynamic range as two separate things. I look
at "dynamic range" as the amount of "headroom" available for an
instruments variation in loudness/softness. Whereas keeping the noise
level low enough is another kettle of fish.
Am I misunderstanding something?
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