File Formats Category

Real World Advantages of 24-Bit Recording

24 bit /192 kHz sampling looks impressive as a specification. Manufacturers offer these “marketing specs” for consumers to gobble up. In practice, the analog circuitry ahead of the conversion and storage system is the defining factor of a digital system’s performance. The fact that a device is 24 bit doesn’t have much to do with its audio performance. Leaving this fact aside, let’s look at what 24 bit recording can do in real world environments with high performance gear… (more…)

MP3 File Recording and Playback on 7-Series

702, 702T, 722, and 744T recorders running firmware later than 2.15 can record and play back MP2, MP3, and FLAC formatted sound files. These formats are in addition to the uncompressed, PCM WAV file formats available.