# Advantage of 32 bitfloat zoom f3 over 24 bit zoom H6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Workbench\ **Created:** [July 20, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/advantage-of-32-bitfloat-zoom-f3-over-24-bit-zoom-h6/2698 "2022-07-20T21:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![craigconstantine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.podcaster.community/craigconstantine/32/2322_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://forum.podcaster.community/u/craigconstantine)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/advantage-of-32-bitfloat-zoom-f3-over-24-bit-zoom-h6/2698/2 "2022-07-20T21:17:21Z")
Has been mentioned here at least once… > [@Workbench - Recording outside](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/workbench-recording-outside/265/10): > > Dad Sofa goes 32 bit. As a result of chatting with @craigconstantine and @Jey, I decided to go for the Mix Pre 6. A little like someone getting off the dodgems at the funfair and going down to the Ferrari Dealership and driving off in the most powerful one in the shop. Fortunately not as expensive but the power is there. I have to say it is such an easy thing to start using and very intuitive, which I love. In parallel to this discovery, someone pointed out that they were finding my episode… A little skimming, and I think this article is a good answer too… > **[32-bit Float Audio - When Is The Best Time To Use It? | Production Expert](https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/32-bit-float-audio-when-is-the-best-time-to-use-it)** > > When the Zoom F3 Portable Field Recorder was announced it was not the first device to offer 32bit floating point audio capture. But what it did do was introduce this convenient yet slightly mysterious technology to a new section of the audio... I think the tl;dr is: Clipping happens in the gear when the “top” of the how-load-is-it for a sample is reached. So 32-bit lifts that “top” insanely high… instead of clipping, you get the quality of an over-driven mic. It’s still “too hot” but at least isn’t not completely missing. Also, Rob and I mentioned it briefly in… > [@craigconstantine](#): > > And the latest in recording equipment I’m looking I think I’m recording in 32 bit but the --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.podcaster.community/t/advantage-of-32-bitfloat-zoom-f3-over-24-bit-zoom-h6/2698)._