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Parent poster clearly means ADC. The rest of the post is absolutely true. > No, the software signal chain is not simple. While the software itself might be co
by ratww 4y ago
Parent poster clearly means ADC. The rest of the post is absolutely true.
> No, the software signal chain is not simple.
While the software itself might be complex, the grandparent is right: digital audio data coming out of the ADC doesn’t get transformed in the way you suggested above. There’s no secret compression, transcoding or resampling going on without the knowledge of engineers, as it would add noise and interfere with production techniques. Even things like dithering have to be added separately.
- grumpyprole 4y agoAgain, I was speaking generally about digital audio, the average consumer has no idea what happens when using audio playback software, USB DACs, AirPlay, Chromecast etc. Even a few of the downloads I have purchased have been resampled (more fraud than secret in that case).
- ratww 4y agoAlright. That's totally fair and true, but that's not within the context of this thread, the first post specifically said "music production wise" and this is what all the corrections refer to. Consumer audio, even (or especially!) when things are 10x more expensive than pro products, is definitely a bit of a garbage fire.