RickTaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Have you actually worked with 24/96? > I must admit I have not. But I don't need to try satellite internet to know that it's unusable either, I know what the speed of light is and I can do the math. > The differences are major. For instance, at 16/48 I can't push the feedback in > Soundforge's Multitap delay past 50% without it going into a loop and trying to > eat my ears and hardware... At 24/48 I can generally push it a bit... and at > 24/96 I can turn it all the way up and still, be able to control it... Seeing > as I work primarilly with noise and feedback... this opens up entire new aural > vistas for me... I can get sounds that would never happen at lower rates. > > :} I *need* those sounds. Good point, this is a case where you go with whatever gives you the best sound, but you are really relying on the quirks of the particular effects you are using. I was talking about the specific case of recording live sounds from outside the computer. Lee