Word of the Day Analog How stuff works - How Analog and Digital Recording Works
Analog vs. Digital the arguments in a nutshell
| Analog | Digital Good |
|---|---|
| Infinite dynamic quantization (infinite resolution) | Quantization error fix - more bit depth/oversampling |
| Good? - The warming effects 'we're used' to from tape compression. | Good?-'Perfect' reproduction of high frequencies - 'soundz harsh fix - 'using warm-sounding mikes and preamps (tubes)' |
| Bad - Tape noise and generation loss | Good - 'no generation loss' |
| Bad - 'Cheap recordings sound cheap' | Good - 'cheap recordings sound good but digital' |
* 'anything in quotes is what I like to call an opinion
Other Opinions
analog winner http://www.segall.com/atr.html
analog winner http://www.digido.com/analog_versus_digital.html
comparison http://www.outersound.com/osu/recording/
ana-dig.html Number Systems
| Hexadecimal Base 16 | Decimal Base 10 | Octal Base 8 | Binary Base 2 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0000 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0001 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 0010 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 0011 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 0100 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 0101 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 0110 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 0111 |
| 8 | 8 | 10 | 1000 |
| 9 | 9 | 11 | 1001 |
| A | 10 | 12 | 1010 |
| B | 11 | 13 | 1011 |
| C | 12 | 14 | 1100 |
| D | 13 | 15 | 1101 |
| E | 14 | 16 | 1110 |
| F | 15 | 17 | 1111 |
