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trashclustertoday at 4:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

24 bits is now ubiquitous and 32 bit is becoming the norm in recording studios.


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evotoday at 4:54 PM

32-bit float has become popular in filmmaking/field recording equipment lately because, with a microphone preamp that supports it, you can capture the entire dynamic range of the microphone--there's no accidental clipping if you drive the gain stage too hard.

It's a bit redundant for a skilled technician, they're already used to setting the gain staging, inbound compression, and feathering the mics to avoid this in 24-bit, but if you're handing a boom mic to a novice and have a scene where e.g. someone's whispering and another person's screaming, it can be nice to not have to worry about it.

lysacetoday at 4:49 PM

That use case is literally addressed in the first sentence.