> > > As someone else pointed out, doesn't using multiple apps place some > > interesting requirements on the hardware? What does the > hardware do if the > > apps are running at different frequencies? > > resample. > > this is reputedly why the creative cards sound so poor. Even if > your stream is at the cards nominal rate of 48k, it still gets > resampled. > > its quite an insidious degredation though. If you listen to the spdif > output of the sblive it seems to sound ok, but if you compare it > to the output of > a 'proper' card then the difference is imediately apparent (if you > are sensitive to these things). A lot of detail and beauty is lost. > > > cheers > -- > Tim Orford Tim, I agree. There are always artifacts from resampling. I didn't know those cards did that all the time. Yuck. In my work I never resample anything, or at least not until the final master for the physical media is created. I always work at 44.1K, make sure any samples and tracks others give me are at 44.1K, and make my personal masters at 44.1KHz for auditioning where ever I need to. Only if I need a 48K for some reason do I do it then. Cheers, Mark
