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- Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:11 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: sample rate conversion question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4677
Re: sample rate conversion question
(This was posted in the other thread) All of this depends directly with the quality of the resampling algorithm; I suspect 90+% of the people on this board (myself included) could not detect the difference between downsampling 96 and 88.2 to 44.1 ASSUMING THE CONVERSION WAS OF VERY HIGH QUALITY. Hmm...
- Thu Mar 25, 2004 3:10 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2330
Re: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidab
All of this depends directly with the quality of the resampling algorithm; I suspect 90+% of the people on this board (myself included) could not detect the difference between downsampling 96 and 88.2 to 44.1 ASSUMING THE CONVERSION WAS OF VERY HIGH QUALITY. Hmmm.... perhaps I must qualify my stance...
- Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:34 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: sample rate conversion question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4677
Re: sample rate conversion question
To add to the above, I'd personally take a higher bit depth over a higher sample rate any day of the week. This ONLY applies, again, if the material will only be released on CD. If you have the budget (storage and processing-wise), working at a higher sample rate is a good idea for the future of aud...
- Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:29 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: sample rate conversion question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4677
Re: sample rate conversion question
The division by 2 thing is complete, total, utter BS. Please stop propagating this myth, as it's completely untrue. I _promise_ I'm not trying to be a dick, but read Ken Pohlman's Principals of Digital Audio and tell me that statement again. Or better yet: Record a full set of drums at 88.2 and 96,...
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:22 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2330
Re: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidab
PS: if you're going to CD only, track everything at 44.1. If you're going to eventually do a DVD thing, 48 or 96 is ok. But if you're ONLY going to CD, 44.1 from start to finish is HIGHLY advised for the above reasons.
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:20 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidable?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2330
Re: Sample rate: Down converting...is pitch shifting avoidab
Chopping a sample rate in half is significantly "better" for your audio than, say, going from 48 to 44.1. The reasons are simple: if you're cutting the rate in half, you (theoretically) remove every other sample and make a small change to the header of the file. If you have to remove every [(48-44.1...
- Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:35 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: Yet another naive mastering question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2941
Re: Yet another naive mastering question
Most mastering houses these days only accept a freshly cut wax cyllinder. But burning 24 bit wave files, saved as a data CD should work well for most places. You need too ask the mastering house.
- Tue Mar 09, 2004 1:31 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: Books as diffusors?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4097
Re: Books as diffusors?
Anything is better than a flat, concrete wall. Go for some kind symmetry though, if you can.
- Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:27 am
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: Off-Topic / Off-Color / Off-the-Cuff
- Topic: Crisp Dilemma!!!!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5737
Re: Crisp Dilemma!!!!
Have you had those Crisp'ums by Quaker? Quite the big tasty...
- Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:26 am
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: Off-Topic / Off-Color / Off-the-Cuff
- Topic: Would you sell a microphone like this?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2514
Re: Would you sell a microphone like this?
This mic obviously has a low-end build up. Probably smells bad too. But GC will take it back as long as you tell them you didn't exactly sing into it.
- Thu Mar 04, 2004 4:00 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: help me deshittify my kick sound
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3984
Re: help me deshittify my kick sound
No, cutting 12+dB at 200-400 is a very common technique, especially in the live arena. What scares me a bit though is you boosting, especially at the low end. I typically use a 31-band and a decent compressor/ gate at the tracking stage (always in live sound). I'll yank out almost everything from ab...
- Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:52 am
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: This #%^ Computer
- Topic: Software for mastering a cd?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2739
Re: Software for mastering a cd?
Spark comes to mind, as does Toast and Jam, but if they make Wavelab or Sound Forge for Mac, check those out too.
- Sat Feb 21, 2004 2:26 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: ETHICS: LIVE SOUND: "Hey man, can you turn the vocals u
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4792
ETHICS: LIVE SOUND: "Hey man, can you turn the vocals u
Okay dokey, I'm pretty sick of mixing in a room that's 150 feet long and 50 feet wide and the people at the back of the room can't seem to hear the vocals, or _insert instrument here_. [this delimma carries over to almost all of the bars we work at] Of course, the mix sound great at the dance floor,...
- Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:00 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: just spent 236 bucks on cables ouch
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7128
Re: just spent 236 bucks on cables ouch
You guys have it easy. Try $4500
- Sun Feb 15, 2004 2:33 pm
- Forum: 5/03-2/05: General Recording
- Topic: PRESONUS M80 8Channels Mic pre
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2920
Re: PRESONUS M80 8Channels Mic pre
They're not bad, one of the better 8 channel packages in that price range. Only problem I had was that I couldn't seem to get enough gain sometimes. But the IDSS feature is kinda cool. If you're _sure_ you want eight identical preamps, go for it. I'd personally opt for two (or more) two-channel mode...