On my camera (Sony DCR-HC96) you can choose between 12 and 16bit sound. Which is better for higher quality sound? What is the difference?
2006-12-26 08:22:07 · 4 answers · asked by hullo_im_brandon 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
Analog sound is digitized. If you use 12 bits, you can have 2^12 posiible sound levels = 4,096 levels.
If you use 16 bits, you will get 2^16 = 65,536 levels. More is better in this case (better sound quality, less quantization noise).
But nothing is free. Assuming no compression, for the same recording time 16-bits sound will take about 33% more space than 12 bits.
2006-12-26 19:54:53 · answer #1 · answered by TV guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
16 bit has higher sound resolution but will take up more storage space than 12 bit
2006-12-26 16:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 bits
2006-12-26 16:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better quality
2006-12-26 16:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Deb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋