Re: Selecting Bit Resolution at Organ Loading
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:50 am
Hello Vidarf,
Yes - it depends on the signal level the producer chose for the samples - see my post earlier in this thread. MDA sets usually have a relatively low signal level so that those people with smaller/older computer systems have the option to load them in full within the smallest possible amount of memory (because lower signals levels compress more). But to get the best quality you need to load them in 24-bit (or 20-bit).
Hello Leo,
Potentially yes, in terms of noise levels (although dry sample sets are recorded close to the pipework which might make different sources of noise more prominent, e.g. air leakage or the blower).
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Yes - for dry sample sets there's probably much less need for 24-bit. The signal levels in dry sample sets are often set higher than in wet ones anyway, since dry sample sets usually don't need as much memory as wet.
So perhaps some sample sets are more sensitive to 16 vs. 24 bit?
Yes - it depends on the signal level the producer chose for the samples - see my post earlier in this thread. MDA sets usually have a relatively low signal level so that those people with smaller/older computer systems have the option to load them in full within the smallest possible amount of memory (because lower signals levels compress more). But to get the best quality you need to load them in 24-bit (or 20-bit).
What you have stated above suggests that the cleanest organ sound should come from a dry set that has some sort of reverb added to it. Is that fair to say?
Hello Leo,
Potentially yes, in terms of noise levels (although dry sample sets are recorded close to the pipework which might make different sources of noise more prominent, e.g. air leakage or the blower).
That is, the dry pipes would not have much, if any, background noise that comes through at the end of the sample. There wouldn't be the build up of noise from many pipes playing together.
Correct.
A good reverb wouldn't add very much noise, would it?
Correct.
Perhaps 16-bit would do in this case as well as 24-bit?
Yes - for dry sample sets there's probably much less need for 24-bit. The signal levels in dry sample sets are often set higher than in wet ones anyway, since dry sample sets usually don't need as much memory as wet.