This might seem like a silly thing to ask for all you professionals out there, but I would like to know why do professionals record at 24 bit or 32 bit?

I have heard that at a higher bit depth you get more control of the audio wave while proccessing effects and such.

Would I be correct in saying that it's like Resolution for Video. The higher the resolution or pixels the more clearer the picture would be?

Ok, and I want to know why record at these levels when the final output would be at 16 bit which is CD quality right?

Why? I want to know :confused:

Thanks in advance :)