4. Re: file types

["Chris Edwards" chris2edwards]

On Mon, 11 May 2009, justinasia wrote:

| Thanks for the input. When you convert 48 to 44.1 quickly, you say it is=

| at lower quality. Will the resulting 44.1 file be lower quality than if
| you had recorded directly at 44.1 in the first place?

Yes.

Sample rate conversion will always involve a small loss of quality.  With
the best software, the loss should be negligible, but not zero.  And as
Scott notes, the process may take time.

In terms of 44.1 versus 48 kHz, then unless you have a specific
requirement for 48 (video), then I'd suggest recording at 44.1.  As
discussed, 48 won't sound any better.  But if you think higher sample
rates do sound better, then you should probably be doing 96, rather than
worrying about 44.1 v 48.

Hope that makes (some) sense!