If you only want to record something once and play it back on CDs, 44.1 k is fine. If you have any plans to timestretch anything, or loop samples at different pitches, or do any touchy kind of production, it might be better to work at the higher rate. I also can't help thinking that digital filters in general will make some difference if run at a higher rate and then downsampled. On 1/16/07, millward <millward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was wondering, since the CD sample rate is 44100, is there any advantage to recording at a higher sample rate? My sound card, an Audiophile 24/96, allows much higher sample rates and my hard drive is big enough to store the resulting files, I think, but what purpose would it serve when in the end, an audio CD is only good for 44100 ? I'd have to convert down just to be able to burn the final product onto CD anyway. There must be some advantage to recording at a sample rate above 44100. Could someone tell me what it is?
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