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32Bit Float recording - The Technical view
grawk:
the 788 works in a fundamentally different way.
carpa:
From the manual and other statements made by Zoom it seems that the F serie uses two 16 bit converters; Zooms says that both in 32 bit and 24 bit mode the dual ADC is engaged.
This leaves to think that in 1 bit mode only one is working? If so it would be interesting to compare the spectral view of a 16 bit recording with a 32 bit one. Not to conclude it's better to go back at 16, just out of curiosity.
voltronic:
--- Quote from: carpa on April 03, 2024, 04:04:01 AM ---From the manual and other statements made by Zoom it seems that the F serie uses two 16 bit converters; Zooms says that both in 32 bit and 24 bit mode the dual ADC is engaged.
This leaves to think that in 1 bit mode only one is working? If so it would be interesting to compare the spectral view of a 16 bit recording with a 32 bit one. Not to conclude it's better to go back at 16, just out of curiosity.
--- End quote ---
I'm not sure where you got this impression, but neither of the ADCs are limited to 16-bit. One is optimized for high gain; the other for low gain.
Both ADCs are engaged no matter what recording mode is selected. You can't choose to use only one, and that's a point addressed in the video.
carpa:
I’m sure I read it somewhere but it’s probably not true. I was maybe tricked by the fact that Zooms says that both 32 bit and 24 adopt the dual adc, but no mention about 16 bit.
GLouie:
YouTube poster has taken his video "private" for some reason, so hard for newcomers to see what the fuss was about;
https://youtu.be/y3431uljZ2k?si=I7I7qhsKK7TUo49s
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