digital 24bit out - 16bit soundcard in - am i in trouble????

alexrookie

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hi,

i have this old and crappy notebook laying around here and want to use it as a realtime analyzer.

the program works on the notebook, but now it has to get the signal from my pc.

i could route the digital coax 24 bit output with the signal i hear from the analog outs to the notebook via an usb soundcard that is something like 50 € at thomann (phonic digitrack).

but this soundcard only has 16 bits - and my digital output will be 24 bit!!

is it an issue or will the notebooks soundcard handle this kind of conversion and work with 16 bit??

and now in one sentence :loco: :Smokin:

can i feed a 16 bit soundcard with a 24 bit signal????