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Rabalder wrote: Exactly what are the facts you need to know in order to find out how long 1 bit is???

each sample is usually 16, 24 or 32 bits long (these lengths are all multiples of a byte, which is 8 bits). it's also quite common nowadays for internal sampling (e.g. within a DAW or plug-in) to be done at 64 bit to minimise artifacts during processing.

however, whatever the bit depth of each sample, the whole sample is processed at once, so the question of "how long 1 bit is?" is misguided.

you can take sampling to the extreme where each sample is only 1 bit long, and a very high sample rate is used (look up Direct Stream Digital)...

Lightbulb moment

Thanks. Great explanation.

Hi Rabaider,

You are right in the case the sampling frequency is all the time the same.
But think about to have a project where you have adjusted your tracks with sample delays to achieve this "killer groove". Then you send this project to a friend who is working with another sampling frequency as you (sampling frequency is not saved within the project file!).


Cheers, palmer