Reggie, What are you using for recording?
--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Coffey wrote:
> >16 bits per sample? yuck! get with the program, we are talking 24 at the
> >very
> >least and 32 if you are recording to standard mdvd. never mind the format
> >wars).
>
> Extra bits are nice, but all they really give you is a bigger dynamic
> range.
> What
> I really like playing with (at 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit, whatever) is higher
> sampling
> rates, which cause less of that square-wave distortion I mentioned at
> higher
> frequencies. More realistic super-high highs can really make a difference
> in how
> real and present a recording sounds. Even the small amount of extra
> samples
> that DAT machines allow (48kHz instead of 44.1kHz) can make a noticeable
> difference. But for now, I still typically record at 44.1kHz because then
> I
> can transfer the signal digitally to my computer and it never has to go
> through
> a conversion to analog or through a resampling process during any of my
> mixing or other sound modification, and doesn't have to be resampled to
> be burned onto an audio cd.
>
> The reason I mentioned 16 bit 44.1kHz in my previous email was that I was
> specifically talking about cd audio, and those are the standards for normal
>
> cds.
> DVD-Audio is still in the early adopter phase, and while I'd love to be an
> early
> adopter, I just don't have that kind of money :-/
>
> Reggie Bautista
> If I Were A Rich Man Maru
>
> P.S. If anyone has some 48kHz or higher DACs laying around that they
> would like to donate to me, I will happily take them off your hands :-)
>
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