a level of knowledge not widely shared amoung musicians
Computers are magic.
And most persons do not get:
16 bits = 65,536 levels Thousands CDs
17 bits = 131,072 levels
18 bits = 262,144 levels
19 bits = 524,288 levels
20 bits = 1,048,576 levels Millions
21 bits = 2,097,152 levels
22 bits = 4,194,304 levels
23 bits = 8,388,608 levels
24 bits = 16,777,216 levels real good
25 bits = 33,554,432 levels
26 bits = 67,108,864 levels
27 bits = 134,217,728 levels
28 bits = 268,435,456 levels
29 bits = 536,870,912 levels
30 bits = 1,073,741,824 levels Billions (giga)
31 bits = 2,147,483,648 levels
32 bits = 4,294,967,296 levels Computer processing
CDs: 16 bits = 65 THOUSAND levels
Computers: 32 bits = 4.2 BILLION levels
Big difference. Difficult to comprehend.
And so on:::
33 bits = 8,589,934,592 levels
34 bits = 17,179,869,184 levels
35 bits = 34,359,738,368 levels
36 bits = 68,719,476,736 levels
37 bits = 137,438,953,472 levels
38 bits = 274,877,906,944 levels
39 bits = 549,755,813,888 levels
40 bits = 1,099,511,627,776 levels Trillions (tera)
41 bits = 2,199,023,255,552 levels
42 bits = 4,398,046,511,104 levels
43 bits = 8,796,093,022,208 levels
44 bits = 17,592,186,044,416 levels
45 bits = 35,184,372,088,832 levels
46 bits = 70,368,744,177,664 levels
47 bits = 140,737,488,355,328 levels
48 bits = 281,474,976,710,656 levels
49 bits = 562,949,953,421,312 levels
50 bits = 1,125,899,906,842,620 levels Quadrillions
51 bits = 2,251,799,813,685,250 levels
52 bits = 4,503,599,627,370,500 levels
53 bits = 9,007,199,254,740,990 levels
54 bits = 18,014,398,509,482,000 levels
55 bits = 36,028,797,018,964,000 levels
56 bits = 72,057,594,037,927,900 levels
57 bits = 144,115,188,075,856,000 levels
58 bits = 288,230,376,151,712,000 levels
59 bits = 576,460,752,303,423,000 levels
60 bits = 1,152,921,504,606,850,000 levels Quintillions
61 bits = 2,305,843,009,213,690,000 levels
62 bits = 4,611,686,018,427,390,000 levels
63 bits = 9,223,372,036,854,780,000 levels
64 bits = 18,446,744,073,709,600,000 levels Computer processing:
65 bits = 36,893,488,147,419,100,000 levels
66 bits = 73,786,976,294,838,200,000 levels
67 bits = 147,573,952,589,676,000,000 levels
68 bits = 295,147,905,179,353,000,000 levels
69 bits = 590,295,810,358,706,000,000 levels
70 bits = 1,180,591,620,717,410,000,000 levels Sextillions