You probably won't be able to hear the difference between 16 bit audio and 24 bit audio, even if your Mac had 24 bit output capability. The main reason for using 24 bit audio is so that sound can be recorded and stored at a higher resolution than needed so that nothing is lost in the mixing process.
Paul On 27 Apr 2009, at 18:46, Jason Davies wrote: > > I'm just getting my head around 24 bit and16 bit audio, 44 and > 48 Mhz recordings etc....does my unibody mac play music at 24 > bit or compress it down to 16? what about my iPhone? will Apple > lossless preserve the 24 bit nature of these recordings? do my > speakers care or know? > > and other such questions. I've tried the web but it's all either > too brief or too complex/expert. anyone here able to give an > overview of the technicalities (I get that it's better - if your > hardware can play it) > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
