EVERYONE WANTS THE MOST AND THE BEST SOUNDS POSSIBLE - BUT FORGETS THE ESSENTIALS

[♔Chello]

EVERYONE WANTS THE MOST AND THE BEST SOUNDS POSSIBLE - BUT FORGETS THE ESSENTIALS

It's always the same:
Users of all the world's synths and arrangers are all concerned with how many sounds and how good sounds their instrument has.

They are thus in perpetual search for good sounds.

However, they always forget one essential factor:
What is the resolution of the new sounds?

If the user has a Yamaha, the selection limits itself to sounds with 16 bit resolution, even if he has a Genos.
If the user has a Korg Pa1X, Pa2X or Pa3X, the resolution expands to 24 bit.
If the user has a Korg Pa5X, the resolution expands to 32 bit.

A Yamaha user can only use 24/32 bit sounds if these are converted to 16 bit, but then the quality is dramatically reduced, and will never be able to sound like the original.

Likewise, a Korg user who has Pa1X, Pa2X or Pa3X can only use 32 bit sounds if these are converted, with the same result as above.


Many people think that if they convert 16 bits to 24 or 32 bits, then everything is fine.
It is not - data that does not already exist cannot be recreated.

For those who do not know the difference between 16, 24 and 32 bits, this can be summarized as follows:
The higher the resolution, the more detail and dynamics.



I am fortunate to have instruments with both 16, 24 and 32 bit resolution - Yamaha DGX-670, Korg OASYS and Korg Pa5X.

Although my DGX is one of the best sounding arrangers with many Cubase edited styles, OASYS appears superior in comparison.
Pa5X is similarly superior to Oasys - even Kronos and Nautilus are outperformed by Pa5X.

Simply because Pa5X has the highest resolution;
it has many of the same samples as Kronos and Nautilus, but in 32 bit resolution.