DigitalSignal wrote:
>>I agree. I now have a 24 bit WAV file and a C program I wrote to reduce
>>it to 16 bit with the appropriate shift.

> On average how much compression ratio have you achieved?

The advantage is that you don't have to guess as accurately
what the record level will be.

I don't know about the OP, I was recently using a Roland R1
recorder. It has the choice of 16 or 24 bit WAV, and some
choices of MP3. With 24 bits, I then wrote a C program to
find the minimum and maximum sample values, along with a some
other statistical values. I then did the conversion to 16 bits
by rounding and shifting the appropriate number of bits.

-- glen