Topic: Stealth Pre/Phatom/AD

[MATTZS]

Core sounds MIC 2496

I like the sound better than the ad20 - ps2 combo

Even with it truncating from 24- to 16-bits? The truncation alone would keep me away from the Mic2496.

yep
I guess I'm not a purist. Sounds good to me and eases my crotch while stealthing. Whats truncating all about anyway?

[Brian Skalinder]

Sounds good to me and eases my crotch while stealthing.

As long as you dig it, that's what counts.

Whats truncating all about anyway?

First, check out this Archive thread re AD/DA to understand bit-depth / word length / resolution (referenced as sampling precision in the link) and sampling rate (though you may already know about both, figured it couldn't hurt to include it).

Your Mic2496 is capturing the audio at 24-bit resolution and for the sake of argument, let's just say 44.1kHz sampling rate since it's compatible with DAT/JB3 (we could just as easily say 48kHz for the sampling rate).  However, DAT/JB3 are capable of resolving only 16-bit resolution.  So, that means the Mic2496 has 8 too many bits for the recording device.  What to do with those 8 extra bits?  There are two options:  dither or truncate.

Check out this Wikipedia blurb on dither and truncation.  The key section is Dither In Digital Audio.

[MATTZS]

Thanks for the interesting reading. I haven't noticed the distorition the blurb mentioned. Maybe I should throw a couple of songs up on BT for samples.

[MATTZS]

I put up four songs at DIME listen to them and let me know what you think. I'd really appreciate the input. As stated on the torrent the Tesla songs sound like they skip, it was a bad battery pack wire. Thanks
Matt

[OOK]

It is My understanding that the mic24/96 has dip swithes inside to change the bit rate to 16 and the word length to 44 or 48k.......................check out coresounds info on it...........................

[MATTZS]

this is back up, the wife shut it down on me last night

[Brian Skalinder]

It is My understanding that the mic24/96 has dip swithes inside to change the bit rate to 16 and the word length to 44 or 48k.......................check out coresounds info on it...........................

Per the C-S specs referenced earlier in the thread, the Mic2496 is strictly 24-bit, no option to output 16-bit.  Sample rate (44.1k, 48k, etc.) is selectable via internal jumpers.

[Evil Taper]

What about the JK Labs PP9-Pre?  I believe he only wanted $350 for one and it has everything you're looking for in a very stealthy box and it can be totally customized to your needs.  The catch though....is he even accepting orders currently?

[The Kilted Taper]

What about the JK Labs PP9-Pre?  I believe he only wanted $350 for one and it has everything you're looking for in a very stealthy box and it can be totally customized to your needs.  The catch though....is he even accepting orders currently?

Funny you mention this. When this thread was active and getting started he PM'ed me about this and I replied asking for a price but he never got back to me.