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As if this hasn't been said a thousand times before, let me weigh in on why anything above 16-bit music is not only unnecessary but, undesirable.
https://www.whippedcreamsounds.com/32-bit-floating/
"OMG those 16-bit CDs are, like, such low quality."
🙄
Take aways:
"the total maximum dynamic range of a 16-bit WAV file, which is 96.3dB."
Assuming even the quiest audible bit in a song is above 0dB, the loudest would then make ones head serevely hurt.
"the maximum dynamic range of our 24-Bit WAV file is 144.5 dB."
More than enough.
32-bit
"Nobody needs 770 dB of loudness. The largest volume disparity of anything on earth is around 210 dB, so the massive 1528 dB of dynamic range, is comically over-the-top, and as a result extremely useful when you don't want clipping."
AKA will kill people.
Sometimes useful while recording, pure marketing for a finished, master export file (Bluray or FLAC).
also, noted that I've seen plenty of effects pedals listed as 24-bit so, there's a potential chokepoint somewhere in the middle.
Bear in mind that dynamic range means, you might be listening at a comfortable 60dB but, that might still be on the low end of the full range the song is at which means at any milisecond it could be well over 100dB.
Loud noises can cause severe damage or even kill someone.
Sound waves have been used as non-leathal force.
All this is to say that you don't actually want more than 16-bit music.
If you want a realistic movie with whisper quiet parts you struggle to hear then loud booms, either 16-bit or 24-bit will suffice. Bluray discs and DVDs have enough space for 24-bit but, that's too large of a file for CDs.
I also want to note that some instrument effects pedals send 24-bit audio (although, they may process at 32-bit floating. 👍🏽)
https://www.whippedcreamsounds.com/32-bit-floating/
"OMG those 16-bit CDs are, like, such low quality."
🙄
Take aways:
"the total maximum dynamic range of a 16-bit WAV file, which is 96.3dB."
Assuming even the quiest audible bit in a song is above 0dB, the loudest would then make ones head serevely hurt.
"the maximum dynamic range of our 24-Bit WAV file is 144.5 dB."
More than enough.
32-bit
"Nobody needs 770 dB of loudness. The largest volume disparity of anything on earth is around 210 dB, so the massive 1528 dB of dynamic range, is comically over-the-top, and as a result extremely useful when you don't want clipping."
AKA will kill people.
Sometimes useful while recording, pure marketing for a finished, master export file (Bluray or FLAC).
also, noted that I've seen plenty of effects pedals listed as 24-bit so, there's a potential chokepoint somewhere in the middle.
Bear in mind that dynamic range means, you might be listening at a comfortable 60dB but, that might still be on the low end of the full range the song is at which means at any milisecond it could be well over 100dB.
Loud noises can cause severe damage or even kill someone.
Sound waves have been used as non-leathal force.
All this is to say that you don't actually want more than 16-bit music.
If you want a realistic movie with whisper quiet parts you struggle to hear then loud booms, either 16-bit or 24-bit will suffice. Bluray discs and DVDs have enough space for 24-bit but, that's too large of a file for CDs.
I also want to note that some instrument effects pedals send 24-bit audio (although, they may process at 32-bit floating. 👍🏽)
