Hey BSG...
I wanted to ask you...what are the basic guitar/amp setups you used for your Dogs stuff?
Some of the cuts have that nice plucky-but-warm...very vintage American vibe...rhythm, which I like.
The amps were both on the floor but since then I have become a strong proponent of raising them to chair height or so. Upholstered piano benches work great.
If you record at 44.1k, 44,100 samples per second, there's a limit to how far you can stretch that before you hear a granular effect. 96 has a limit too, but should allow you to stretch further before you become aware of it.
Time- and pitch-shifting algorithms do not work on a per-sample basis. Rather, they process chunks of audio whose lengths are in the milliseconds. When you hear gurgling from shifting the length or pitch too much, that has nothing to do with the sample rate. The degradation is caused by longer portions of audio being divided and spliced.
Would the fact that chunks of audio at 96k are sampled more often than the same chunk at 44.1 not mean one could be stretched more than the other though?
Yes, but that is what yoga is for. That and seeing camel toe in tight pants.
Yes, but that is what yoga is for. That and seeing camel toe in tight pants.
I would think that one of the big benefits of chair height is being able to hear the amp about the same way the mic is hearing it. When it's on the floor, you get a great tone where you are standing...then you kneel down by the mic, and it's totally different.
As far as 96k for the future, to me that's like saying you're going to start using video that captures infrared and ultraviolet in case it's needed in the future. Humans can't see those colors so why record them? To impress aliens who might arrive in the future?
Pro tools shows the same limit for both files.
The limit was even the same in a 44.1 session, so fair enough Ethan.
This is how silly it can get.
Many people don't understand how incredibly clean 16 bits really is.
And many people don't understand that 16 bit has exactly the same resolution (dB per bit) as 24 bit but a higher noise floor.
I use 24 bit because I don't always have time or attention to devote to precise level setting.
I guess you never had to cope with the limited dynamic range of analog tape.