Re: 16 bit 48 all we need?

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Actually, summing is a process by which individual (analog) outputs 
are taken from the DAW and combined externally using a fixed gain 
combiner (mixer) known as a "summing box".  I't benefits were born 
out of the audible limitations of Pro Tools fixed point summing math, 
which would clip internally in a very harsh and unpleasant way. By 
running the signal out of individual converters, the user would 
typically pay more attention to the levels (by using the meters on 
the converters) and produce a "better" mix.  Other than that it's 
meaningless and running any -problem free- summed output through 
analog converters and outboard gear will result in an audible 
improvement (generally speaking).  A program like Logic has over 
1536dB of internal headroom and so internal digital clipping can not 
happen.

-Chuck Zwicky

PS: I mix records professionally  for a living, and have done so for 
nearly 30 years. 99.9999999% of the album projects I see are sent to 
me at 44.1/24...

At 22:58 +0100 6/3/12, Per Boysen wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill
> <moinsound@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >  Am 06.03.2012 20:16, schrieb Per Boysen:
> > >  matches the higher internal digital processing in Logic. A DAW, Digital
> > >  Audio Workstation, is all about mathematics and when doing lot of
> > >  approximations you will of course get the best results by summing at a
> > >  higher resolution.
> >
> >  What is the connection between sample rate and summing?
>
> I don't know if there is any such connection. But summing in a piece
> of software gives a better sounding result when the software can work
> at a higher resolution. Well, maybe you could call that "a
> connection", although it's a "third-party connection" ;-)
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen


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