Audio Sample Size & Rates

[Jevil]

Bloody hell! I use 48/16.
Does it make any difference for a human ear between 16 or 24?
I track at 48 and then export at 44.1 with cubse and I do not notice any horror.

You little bastards, I'm worried and paranoic, from now on I will record at 44.1/24.

 

[James Murphy]

record and mix at 24 bit.... you will have much more headroom. it is the way to go.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

24 bit is the shit.

 

[fatalforce]

After downsampling many mixes going from 48k to 44.1, I've found a very minimal audio quality loss. Still a loss is a loss. Not that big of an audible difference tho

 

[James Murphy]

After downsampling many mixes going from 48k to 44.1, I've found a very minimal audio quality loss. Still a loss is a loss. Not that big of an audible difference tho

you will not likely have heard any difference at all in a dense metal or rock mix.... i doubt it very seriously.... but it's a moot point, because CD's are 44.1 and you'll have to convert to burn one anyway.

 

[fatalforce]

What do you like to track/mix in, James?

 

[James Murphy]

What do you like to track/mix in, James?

44.1/24

 

[garry666]

according to rupert neve to attain an equivalent sound qualtiy to that of analouge recording you would have to use 24/192

 

[fatalforce]

I was reading this article the other day and it was about Japanese and German audiologists conducting tests on if people can hear the difference between sample rates and comparing different sample rates to analog. For the most part they were not able to prove that there was an audible difference.

 

[James Murphy]

according to rupert neve to attain an equivalent sound qualtiy to that of analouge recording you would have to use 24/192

knock yerself out boss.... i'll carry on as i am.... along with every other producer i know... including Andy, Nördstrom, Madsen, etc. etc.

 

[benversluis]

for me it depends. if im limited on harddrive space, 44.1/24. if the harddrives are clear, then 48/24

 

[garry666]

knock yerself out boss.... i'll carry on as i am.... along with every other producer i know... including Andy, Nördstrom, Madsen, etc. etc.

sorry didnt mean to say you where wrong i mean you deffinatly have more experience when it comes to this kind of stuff so i trust your judgement. i was just saying tryin to give a different point of veiw. 44.1 is a great sample rate but to me id still take analogue over digital and according to mr neve to attain that type of sound quality you have to use 192.

 

[evolutions_end]

192 is the shiz.

but if you dont have 30tb worth of hard drive space, 44.1/24 is next best. i go at 48/24 just because i can.

ive never tried a session at 44.1/16. anyone?

 

[C_F_H_13]

according to rupert neve to attain an equivalent sound qualtiy to that of analouge recording you would have to use 24/192

Well even that is argued ALOT. Dan Lavry of Lavry Converters claims that anything over 96k is a waste, and he says that the equivalent of "analog" (which is a crock altogether IMHO) is actually somewhere in the 64k range...or something to that extent...some random number that no one uses....This PDF is pretty interesting read if you really care that much....

www.lavryengineering.com/documents/Sampling_Theory.pdf

For the record, I use 44/24 98% of the time...

 

[garry666]

Well even that is argued ALOT. Dan Lavry of Lavry Converters claims that anything over 96k is a waste, and he says that the equivalent of "analog" (which is a crock altogether IMHO) is actually somewhere in the 64k range...or something to that extent...some random number that no one uses....This PDF is pretty interesting read if you really care that much....

www.lavryengineering.com/documents/Sampling_Theory.pdf

For the record, I use 44/24 98% of the time...

an interesting article deffinatly made me rethink the 192 sample rate. thanks

 

[Where She Wept]

Im glad for this thread, i was pondering this myself, i've always done 44.1/24 because it's one of the first things i learned on the forum here. But people have given me shit for it. one guy even told me that 24 bit is a waste at 44.1 and i might as well be using 16 bit!?