--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "bellenger_a" <bellenger_a@...>
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> Here
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> http://www.fdiskc.com/syn/
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> Also, I DONT KNOW WHAT A BIT CRUNCHER does
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> Can someone explain briefly, thank you, have a good day...
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> Alexandre
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Bit crushing is primarily a form of digital distortion. Digital audio
consists of discrete values, and the bit-depth of that audio defines
how 'detailed' the signal is over its dynamic range (ie from its
quietest possible level to its loudest possible level). An 8-bit
digital sample has only 256 possible levels, a 12-bit digital sample
has 4096, and a 16-bit sample has over 16,300.
If you reduce the number of bits representing a signal, you represent
it more 'crudely' in digital terms, eg with less detail, and this
effectively add a specific kind of distortion which is (conceptually)
like stepped clipping. This happens because you've reduced the number
of different dynamic levels which the output can be composed of.
Bitcrushing is doing exactly that.

WR