Comments on: What is the difference between 12 bit and 16 bit audio recording mode on my Sony MiniDV Camera? http://www.mm3studios.com/audio-recording/what-is-the-difference-between-12-bit-and-16-bit-audio-recording-mode-on-my-sony-minidv-camera Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fergbrain http://www.mm3studios.com/audio-recording/what-is-the-difference-between-12-bit-and-16-bit-audio-recording-mode-on-my-sony-minidv-camera/comment-page-1#comment-3599 fergbrain Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:41:59 +0000 http://www.mm3studios.com/audio-recording/what-is-the-difference-between-12-bit-and-16-bit-audio-recording-mode-on-my-sony-minidv-camera#comment-3599 You should not be able to tell the difference between the two. However, 16-bit will provide a better version. Why? The key is a device called an ADC or Analog to Digital Converter. The ADC takes the analog waveform from the microphone input and coverts it to a series of bits. An analogy would be significant numbers in math. If 12-bit recording has 4096 significant digits, then 16-bit recording has 65536 signifiant digits. However, you may only need 4000 significant digits, so using 12-bit recording would work just fine.<br><b>References : </b><br> You should not be able to tell the difference between the two. However, 16-bit will provide a better version. Why? The key is a device called an ADC or Analog to Digital Converter. The ADC takes the analog waveform from the microphone input and coverts it to a series of bits.

An analogy would be significant numbers in math. If 12-bit recording has 4096 significant digits, then 16-bit recording has 65536 signifiant digits. However, you may only need 4000 significant digits, so using 12-bit recording would work just fine.
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]]> By: alex2006 http://www.mm3studios.com/audio-recording/what-is-the-difference-between-12-bit-and-16-bit-audio-recording-mode-on-my-sony-minidv-camera/comment-page-1#comment-3598 alex2006 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:59 +0000 http://www.mm3studios.com/audio-recording/what-is-the-difference-between-12-bit-and-16-bit-audio-recording-mode-on-my-sony-minidv-camera#comment-3598 when you have a 12 bit you will hear good, but if you have 16 bit you are going to hear the sound better than before.<br><b>References : </b><br> when you have a 12 bit you will hear good, but if you have 16 bit you are going to hear the sound better than before.
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