What sample rate and bit rate these days?

[58andCounting]

Yeah, 58, I've seen those, and all videos from Xiph.org. It's unlikely that I'll be having much of an issue with aliasing, as 90+% of my recording involves microphones, and I can tell you that most of those mics have rolled off well before I run into aliasing. I don't record synths which you can generate any signal you want. A guitar amplifier rolls off massively above about 8k. And, as a rule, I tend to roll off the higher frequencies, contrary to what things like the Focusrite Air mode does (on a Clarett, it boost +4dB at 24kHz! That's the perfect way to increase aliasing! Will someone explain why this is good???)

There are apparently quite a few issues that are alleviated by using higher bit rates within a plugin, I've never programmed one, so I can't comment on that, it's only what I've learned reading comments by some of the designers.

It's a bit like horsepower in a car, it's unlikely you'll ever use the full 600+ BHP output of a turbocharged V8 Ferrari, but it's there if you ever needed it, with the accompanying penalty of fuel usage. But putting a 1.8L 150BHP turbo in that same Ferrari means you're going to run out of steam at some point. I'll stick with my 88/24 settings and buy another SSD for $60 if I run low on space.

For me, it’s easy to hear. Unless you are mixing for DSD or FLAC, I keep it at 44.1 - the sample rate conversion is the least musical of all audio processes, even with dither. With today’s conversion and filters, I find so much benefit to 24/44.1K. A great deal of resources hogging with 88.2k - there are a few plugins that perform better (subjectively better / cleaner / less distortion) at 88.2k. But as a practice, 88.2k uses a massive amount of processing (even if you have it), and the majority of plugins receive zero benefit but still use the resource. Here is another great video from Tom – more ‘current’ examples of how oversampling in the plugin itself, as a working practice, often offers a greater benefit the majority of the time. - You mentioned you have seen these, but for anyone else - Tom is great.