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Digital defined.

Digital

Digital equipment is where the sound is turned into an electrical signal that is then stored as a series of 0s and 1s. A bit is a binary digit - i.e. a 0 or 1.

8-bit sounds use 8 binary digits and can have 256 different sound levels.
16-bit sound can have over 16000 different sound levels.
24-bit sound can have over 16 million different sound levels.
32-bit sound can have 4000 million different sound levels.

CDs store sound in a 16-bit format.

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