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RECORDING

BIT LENGTH This selects the audio bit length for new recordings.

• 16-bit: This is the compact Disc standard.

• 20-bit: This option allows 20-bit audio to be recorded, giving greater

resolution and headroom.

• 24-bit: This option allows 24-bit audio to be recorded, giving even

greater resolution and headroom.

• 20-bit (packed): This is a special option that is only available when

recording AKAI format audio files. Typically, 20-bit audio occupies

the same space on disk as 24-bit audio (the extra 4-bits of storage

space in each sample being wasted). The 20-bit ‘packed’ mode avoids

this waste of space by writing the audio to disk in a special pattern.

Sample 3Sample 1 Sample 2

24-BIT :

20-BIT :

20-BIT PACKED :

Note that this mode does

not

involve any ‘audio compression’. It just

places the data on disk in an optimal manner to maximise disk storage

space and bandwidth.

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