ne
Date: Sat May 30, 2015 11:53 pm ((PDT))
Hi, in my experience the difference is similar to taking a high-megapixel R=
AW photograph or a high-megapixel JPEG- to look at the pictures they both a=
ppear the same and basically they are. It's when it comes to editing that y=
ou really appreciate the difference.
A high resolution recording has a lot more information and affords more lee=
way if you want to quieten unwanted background noise or play around with lo=
w frequencies etc- to me that's the most important difference.
If I'm just going to record and not edit I use 44.1kHz or even a high res m=
p3- to my ears they sound the same.
Kind Regards,
Tony (Binaural Brisbane)
> On 31 May 2015, at 14:51, crystal [naturerecordists] <=
> wrote:
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> Yes, i did some test a few years ago and everyone whom i asked could tell=
a difference with bird sounds and insects. I was surprised. This was playi=
ng it back on a good system.
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> I got a couple recordings of a creek today using my PCM-M10 and the built=
-in mics (using a Rode Dead Kitten for a windscreen). I took one at 44.1 kH=
z, and another at 96 kHz just to see if I could detect any difference (expe=
cting the answer to likely be no). To my surprise, not only could I definit=
ely hear a difference, but I can also see a very obvious difference in the =
spectrogram generated by Izotope RX 4. Here=92s what I=92m seeing (and hear=
ing):
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> .....
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> Note that the recordings are directly from the M10 without any editing.
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> Firstly, I see in the 44.1 kHz recording that the cricket sounds are crea=
ting a very visible band at around 5 kHz with a secondary band at about 5.8=
kHz. In the 96 kHz recording, the same crickets are now two less distinct =
bands at 10 kHz and 15 kHz. Can someone explain to me what=92s causing the =
apparent compression? My expectation was just that I simply would lose the =
higher frequencies with the lower sampling rate, but that doesn=92t appear =
to be the case.
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> Based on this result, my impulse is to start recording everything at 96 k=
Hz, file size be damned.
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>
"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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