Thanks for your explanation Gentlemen.... I now understand a "bit" more about "bit"
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--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "whyterabbyt" <sxa@...> wrote:
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> --- 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.
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> WR
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