Recording at 48000Hz??

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Wow, thank you guys for all your input. I didn't realize it was such a hot debate. I believe I'll just go with what works for now. If some day down the road I notice audible differences, I'll form my own preferences then. I guess I should have paid more attention in my digital classes :)

Thank You,
 
Croww said:
I guess I should have paid more attention in my digital classes :)

Thank You,
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That may not have done you much good anyway. A lot of digital audio classes are bought and paid for by those with a vested interest in selling you 192khz converters...maybe 384 next year, then 512 then.....
 
I always want to have the possibility that my recordings could be used for vinyl or a different medium than CD. What do you do if you recorded everything at cd quality, and along comes a really wicked format that catches on, or if you get something licensed to film
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Upsampling is easy. Or an analog pass through quality converters (usually my choice for any downsampling over most SRC's for that matter). Happens all the time.

Gotta remember here... Just a decade ago or so, 16-bit/44.1kHz was the standard rate for tracking -- And that was with some pretty horrific (by today's standards) conversion. And plenty of those recordings sound fantastic.

Quality conversion, quality components, quality core sounds, longer word lengths (24 bit having 256 times the resolution of 16 bit) -- Any and all of those have far more (FAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR more) impact on the quality of the recording than the sample rate -- Assuming the sample rate is of a "reasonable" standard (44.1kHz being more than reasonable 99.6% of the time).
 
Well, they were classes I had for my undergrad degree. Even so, they weren't geared directly towards audio production.
 
Massive Master said:
Quality conversion, quality components, quality core sounds, longer word lengths (24 bit having 256 times the resolution of 16 bit) -- Any and all of those have far more (FAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR more) impact on the quality of the recording than the sample rate -- Assuming the sample rate is of a "reasonable" standard (44.1kHz being more than reasonable 99.6% of the time).
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Quality microphones have far more impact than all that stuff. That said, recording at a different sample rate is effectively free (disk space notwithstanding). You may or may not notice the difference with your hardware. If you don't, then go back to 44.1....
 
Croww said:
Well, they were classes I had for my undergrad degree. Even so, they weren't geared directly towards audio production.
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if it hasn't been mentioned yet ya might check out dan lavrys website... there's a very indepth white paper posted there that should be mandatory reading...


oh and where in so ill??? i'm in belleville..
 
Thanks, I'll check that out.

I'm actually in Carbondale, IL. I'm a grad student at SIU. I love going up to Guitar Center in Fairview Heights, we have nothing that cool around here, lol.
 
used to play down there on the strip years ago... doubt any of those rooms are still up and running... was a good town to gig in... especially holloween...
 
i don't know..

when i watch a movie from dvd, the audio on the dvd is much higher quality then i ever heard on the CD...
 
dementedchord said:
used to play down there on the strip years ago... doubt any of those rooms are still up and running... was a good town to gig in... especially holloween...
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Oh yeah, it's still a good gigging scene. Our band just played at Booby's on the strip. A lot of the venues are still here.
 
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