I’m running a fireface 400 and a big ben time clock with Live. I spoke to tech support and they said to optimize my sample quality I can bump up to 96k, both on the word clock and in Ableton.
What do you think about this, are there any disadvantages to using 96k besides additional cpu usage? What about bringing these “oversampled” files into a 44.1 session…in other words, will it still sound better being converted from 96k?
Thanks for the help.
Mo
44.1 is CD quality. There are probably only a handful of engineers in the entire world that can tell the difference by ear.
i don’t think anyone can hear the difference between the samples recorded at 96khz to those recorded at 44.1 khz. personally i can’t tell the significant difference between 320 mp3 and wav :).
the difference between 16bit 44.1khz and 24bit 96khz is that the 24/96 can be processed more before the sample loses some of its quality.
Imo the only advantage to using 96 is that the higher sample rate can compinsate for Bad Quality A/D coverters, at the cost of using more cpu and HD space.
the precision of the two sample rates (44.1 and 96) is that at the frequency range 20hz to 20khz is exactly the same, the big benifits come from 16 bit and 24 bit. i don’t even try to understand the science behind it all but pitch shifting and timestretching will all benifit from the sample being recorded in 24 bit 96khz
I think this is called “over sampling” and it what some cats are experimenting with for the biggest, richest sounds. Any thoughts from the instructors?
Thanks,
Mo
I think 44.1 24bit is all that is really needed… although if your doing music for video 48khz is better.
im sure if i was in a professional SSL or Neve studio with 10k mics id probably be using Protools at the highest sampling rate but other than that i dont think anyones going to notice the difference.