Understanding bit depth

So, when you're creating a new recording in Audition, and again you'll choose …file, new, audio file, in addition to the sample rate, which we previously covered, …you'll also need to select the bit depth of your recording. …Notice we can choose from eight, sixteen, twenty four, or thirty two bit float. …The bit depth determines the dynamic range of your audio file. …The more bits the wider the range of volume you can have within each sample of …your recording. Now think back to our previous Movie …ensemble rate. We likened the sample rate to a camera …that takes thousands of images of sound per second, thousands of samples.…

For example, a sample rate of 44.1kHz takes 44,100 samples per second, and the …amount of information stored in each one of those samples is determined by the bit depth. …For example, a low bit depth, like 8 bit resolution, only allows for a dynamic …range of 48 decibels within a sample. And that's not enough to accurately …capture the dynamic range of most sounds. That's the range between the loudest part …