Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:16:23 +0200 From: "hoeks" <hooks@...> > I would like to see the actual data to check wether a 24bit soundcard/program actually puts significant data in > the last 8 bits or just fills it up with zeroes (happens more often than you think!). I also want to know whether the I think you will be amazed how many bits (of noise) you will see at the bottom before you judge the empty bits : make sure you calibrate the signals and know that the signal has the proper modulation: take a sinewave record till it clips and reduce til it is a proper sinewave again. But I know for sure that you will be sad about the noise level .... It is just extremely difficult and expensive to make 24 bit * 6 = wow dB s/n 20 bits is difficult enough as it is .. regards Frank W. Kooistra