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Re: Digital links for recording

Subject: Re: Digital links for recording
From: "simmosonics" simmosonics
Date: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:03 pm ((PST))
I haven't used real-time interfaces such as SPDIF, AES, Toslink, etc. for a 
*very* long time, thankfully. All of my recordings are transferred from my 
recording device into my computer as .wav files via USB2, Firewire 800 or 
Ethernet. Much faster!

Regarding bitrate, I use 4,608,000 bps (24-bit word size, 96k sampling rate, 2 
channels) as much as possible. This is more often referred to as "24/96"; 
bitrate specifications are equally valid but in my experience they are more 
commonly used when working with perceptual coding systems (mp3, ATRAC, etc.).

Having said that, the Macintosh OS provides a bitrate value when doing a Get 
Info on an audio file...

- Greg Simmons










"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a 
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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