ms vs Smp for Track Delay? What's the actual difference?

[fishmonkey]

Exactly what are the facts you need to know in order to find out how long 1 bit is???

each sample is usually 16, 24 or 32 bits long (these lengths are all multiples of a byte, which is 8 bits). it's also quite common nowadays for internal sampling (e.g. within a DAW or plug-in) to be done at 64 bit to minimise artifacts during processing.

however, whatever the bit depth of each sample, the whole sample is processed at once, so the question of "how long 1 bit is?" is misguided.

you can take sampling to the extreme where each sample is only 1 bit long, and a very high sample rate is used (look up Direct Stream Digital)...

[Rabalder]

Lightbulb moment

Thanks. Great explanation.

[Palmer Eldritch]

Hi Rabaider,

You are right in the case the sampling frequency is all the time the same.
But think about to have a project where you have adjusted your tracks with sample delays to achieve this "killer groove". Then you send this project to a friend who is working with another sampling frequency as you (sampling frequency is not saved within the project file!).


Cheers, palmer