Archive for the ‘Sample Rates’ Category
Why 24/192 HD Audio Distribution Does More Harm Than Good
March 6, 2012 Sample RatesToday I read an excellent writeup on the tribulations of distributing music at “HD” quality like 192khz/24bit. In his writeup he goes over some of the very things I’ve brought up in the past: harmonic distortion introduced by ultrasonic frequencies, storage considerations, and the extremely well-documented limits to human hearing. Christopher “Monty” Montgomery, an expert [...]
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Visual Analogy to High Definition Sample Rate Conversion
January 2, 2010 Sample RatesI’ve been working pretty much exclusively at 24-bit/44.1khz but now DAWs are fast enough and hard drives are cheap enough that there’s no good reason not to step it up. 192khz is simply overkill. Most DACs simply upsample to achieve that rate and response can actually be poorer as a result. This leaves the choice between 96khz and 88.2khz.
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