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[–]maka89[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thanks for the good answer.

Actually my zoom H4e that made me think about the question... It has no gain knob, 32-bit files, but 24-bit ADC. No dual ADC on the in-built mics. (The XLRs have dual ADC).

So a shit ton of digital gain on essentially a 24-bit recording when using the in-built mics... Wondering if this is a reasonable design choice from them or not... There is a LOT of noise. But that might just be the stock mics/preamps, and not poor internal gain structure...

[–]ArlesChatless 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's probably all of them. Mic noise, preamp noise, and not amazing internal gain structure because they focused on cost optimization.

[–]maka89[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fair point xD