David Steinwedel wrote
It's considered best practices (by me, at least) to record at the sampling=
rate (or a multiple thereof) used by the final medium. So if you're ending=
up on CD, record at 44.1 (or 88.2). If it's film, 48 (96 or 192).
You're more likely to get errors when converting between sampling rates tha=
t
do not divide evenly.
JL} Yes, IMO, that's to so some degree true, integer arithmetic is way
easier to do.
Though I will admit, the likelihood of getting such errors and having them=
be audible is very low.
JL} Absolutly! Most sample rate conversion will give no nasty or audible
artifcts.
But there are some surprises, some generally good &V high price software
when required to Sample Rate Convert, do a surprisingly bad job, conversly=
other low/no priced software can be way better (in this area).
See http://src.infinitewave.ca/
John L
Higher sampling rates have the advantage of being more manipulatable. They=
will sound better when pitched down or otherwise processed. I doubt most
Nature Recordist readers are too interested in doing such things as, well,=
we're looking for natural sounds.
Though if you do want to sell or license to the film/game guys, they (we)
much prefer 24/96 for the advanced process-ability of those files.
After way more than you probably wanted to know, to "future-proof" your
recordings, make them at the highest settings possible.
--Dave
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From: Richard Folwell Scott,
I am really interested in this comment. To date I have been recording 24
bit/48K because those are the highest settings that my recorder will run
to, and I had been assuming that here bigger would be better.
Are there any downsides to using 48k for recording, then targeting 44.1
(for example), rather than recording 44.1 in the first place?
At the moment my recordings do not have any particular usage in mind, so
ideally I want to make them in a way that will not limit any unknown
future usage.
Thanks,
Richard
On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 09:20 -0700, Scott Fraser wrote:
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> <<record in 24/48 so you can have more headroom.>>
>
> Just for the record, increased headroom is a result of recording at
> 24
> bits rather than 16 bits, while the sample rate is irrelevant to
> headroom concerns. 44.1k is the standard for anything which will end
> up on CD, while 48k should only be used for projects intended for
> eventual inclusion in video or film projects.
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