On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 18:54 -0400, Joseph Dell'Orfano wrote: > 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? The quality of the dithering algorithms can make very a noticeable difference in your final product if you have to down-sample - but that doesn't necessarily mean that you're relegated to life at 44.1. IMO, the best solution is to work at 88.2khz whenever possible. This way, you can down-sample to CD quality without quantization errors. I'm no DSP guru - but as I understand it, sampling at a multiple of 44.1 (88.2, 176.4, etc.) is the cleanest way to go outside of DSD. FWIW - I haven't heard a software dither (with quantization) that I thought was decent - FOSS or otherwise. The best down-sampling I ever heard came out of a $3,500 Apogee box. Hope this helps, Greg www.steeprockmedia.com
