[pulseaudio-discuss] Mixing streams

[Lennart Poettering]

On Thu, 15.11.07 20:58, Tanu Kaskinen (tanuk at iki.fi) wrote:

> > Uh. That way you practically decrease the bit depth of your audio
> > output to 15 bit. (Unless you happen to have a 24 bit soundcard) Not
> > a very good idea for most people.
> 
> I haven't compared 15 bit signal to 16 bit. I have a
> 24-bit-only sound card and don't feel like setting up any
> elaborate listening tests, so I'll take your word that
> there's a perceivable difference.

Hehe. I didn't say that it is perceivable. But it certainly a good
thing to use the full 16bit range for recordings that are not
normalized or for recordings with a large dynamic range, like Barber's
adagio for strings.

Lennart

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