Hello all, I am looking for some engineering know-how and advice. Should I track at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz or 96 kHz? I record vocals and acoustic guitar for the most part. I have been routinely recording at 24 bits, 96 kHz simply because I can and I assume that this gets me the highest fidelity from my recordings (tracking through AKG Solidtube or a pair of Oktava condensers and a Pendulum Audio SPS-1 preamp to Delta 1010LT into Jack/Ardour). After a discussion with a friend, I?m not so sure anymore. He is recording his album at 44.1 kHz, arguing that this will avoid downsampling when finally pressing a CD. So, are there any opinions about this? There is a very practical issue here. I am contemplating the addition of an outboard digital effects processor to take some load off my CPU. Most units (less than $1000) with s/pdif are 44.1 and 48 kHz, so they would not work (I don?t think) with digital audio recorded at 96 kHz. Thanks for all the help you've given me in the past. I hope I am not coming to the well too many times!! -Joe Dell'Orfano -- Joseph Dell'Orfano <fullgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
