RE: I've lurked in many of...

Posted by Regor Ladan (A) on May 12, 2011 at 17:28:07

In Reply to: I've lurked in many of... posted by Presto on May 12, 2011 at 17:15:28:

Presto, you are exactly correct.

One of my high school mates supplies original music for film and TV, and also gets asked to remix pop records. He also knows some very well known engineers, guys who have worked with Dave Matthews etc. 24 bit/48 is way more than good enough for those guys, and they indeed cannot justify 96 Khz, not to mention it is a great demand on the cpu and when their are musicians ready to perform, there is just zero room for timeouts to untangle software glitches or system crashes.

Audiophiles live on some other planet if they think the records they are buying in the pop or rock genre are being done at 96. or higher.

But again, I say if you are digitizing an analog tape, go with the highest rate you can, since you are not multitracking, punching in, or
worrying about capturing a performance. It is a straight two channel digital archive at that point.

I just got an email from HDTracks announcing an 96/24 version of the album I mentioned, National Ransom by Elvis Costello. Sorry I will pass. The recording sucks, much to my surprise.

To make things more maddening. I bought the new Steve Earle album, also produced by T Bone Burnett and mastered by Gavin Lursson, and it sounds fantastic...nothing like National Ransom.

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RE: Confused about new 32/384 dac - Jonathan Tinn 22:40:57 05/13/11 (3)

RE: Confused about new 32/384 dac - Regor Ladan 23:29:59 05/13/11 (2)

Wrong again! - Jonathan Tinn 08:24:20 05/14/11 (1)

RE: Wrong again! - Regor Ladan 08:29:41 05/14/11 (0)

actually - Joe Murphy Jr 06:31:05 05/13/11 (1)

RE: actually - Regor Ladan 07:58:53 05/13/11 (0)

RE: Confused about new 32/384 dac - ted_b 06:28:39 05/13/11 (1)

RE: Confused about new 32/384 dac - Regor Ladan 07:57:00 05/13/11 (0)

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RE: And.... - Bruce B 14:05:40 05/13/11 (0)

RE: And.... - Regor Ladan 16:16:41 05/12/11 (7)

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RE: I've lurked in many of... - Mercman 17:29:45 05/12/11 (4)

RE: I've lurked in many of...no problem - fmak 19:26:05 05/14/11 (0)

Do the math. - Tony Lauck 15:16:21 05/13/11 (2)

RE: Do the math. - Mercman 15:56:29 05/13/11 (1)

RE: Do the math. - Tony Lauck 18:23:07 05/13/11 (0)

RE: I've lurked in many of... - Regor Ladan 05/12/1117:28:07 05/12/11 (0)

Don't need material at 32/384 - Presto 14:55:06 05/12/11 (1)

RE: Don't need material at 32/384-think of - fmak 08:04:19 05/15/11 (0)

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