[music-dsp] Bit depth conversions?

[Chris H]

Does anybody have any code examples for that?  I'm
currently building a prototype degrader/bit crush
plugin and I'd be interested in incorporating
something like that

--- Chris Parsons <chris at courtsmart.com> wrote:
> That is definately the simplest, yes.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Veli-Pekka Tätilä
> [mailto:vepeta00 at oppi.edu.ouka.fi]
> Sent: jeudi 11 avril 2002 06:58
> To: Music DSP
> Subject: [music-dsp] Bit depth conversions?
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> Could you tell me what's the simplest
> (mathematically easiest) way of
> changing the bit depth of a signal? 
> 
> If I were to convert a 16 bit signal into a 7 bit
> signal, could I simply
> read the 7 most significant bits and discard the
> others? 
> 
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