docprosper wrote: Of course, good hardware filtering right before the ADCs will have a great deal of impact on the recorded quality as well.
-hamish
almost got to the point. it's not 'good hardware' it's standard audio hardware which is designed to work in the standard 20-22kHz frequency range. DACs can be applied to more than audio, the automotive, aviation, military and test industries use them to monitor/control equipment but go look for audio DACs (Cirrus Logic, ADI, Ti/Burr Brown are a few), they're made for 20-22kHz.
not to mention your amp/monitors, those are band limited to 20-22kKhz. which one of you guys are using M Audio's 20-100kHz monitors?
there are people out there with custom solutions, home brewed DACs and amps, but there are also people out there that insist on wooden knobs on receivers and Monster cable. those are the same people touting the benefits of ultra-sonic frequencies mixing in the ether to form sub sonic tones we can hear, whoa man... (passes the dutchie 'pon de left hond side.)
what do I use? who cares? think for yourself. I never said the OP shouldn't use 192k, I posted because his reasoning is wrong. it's a natural progression to have his thinking as you learn this stuff. then you dig deeper and learn what things matter and what things don't matter.
I use 48kHz 24 bits. ever CD I've ever heard (which sound amazing) are at 44.1k 16 bit. I like 48 because it works with 96k and 192k when it comes to applying SRC. with my old computer I used 192k to get low latency when recording guitar. my newer computer is a monster and has low latency at 48kHz.
3phase wrote:would be really good if one could switch at least the warping on double rate without effekting the projekt samplerate. so a 44 projekt warps with 88 and an 88k projekt with 196k..
the only not half baked part of your post touches on a second thing to consider when choosing a sample rate. consistency. Live will have to do less 'math' on your audio if all your samples are at the same rate. or to put it another way, you can use a simpler work flow with fewer SRC conversions if everything is the same. I stand by this but I'm pretty lazy about it.