stevësto wrote:Der geile Ami, read this:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question487.htm
take particular note of this: "Some sounds that have very quick transitions, such as a drum beat or a trumpet's tone, will be distorted because they change too quickly for the sample rate."
what does minimal techno usually consist of? that's right, tight percussion and trumpets
if ever there is a genre that heavily relies on sound quality to really enjoy it would be minimal techno/house. especially the clicky stuff, anything with short duration sounds that have high attack/release in its ADSR.
If you have heard even just one cd that sounded good, that negates teh articles argument. Consider how much electronic music that has been made with even more primitive digital technology. The alternatives to digital are tape and vinyl, which will have their own surface noises, which negates other points in the article.
And who is going to hear the differences in those transitions given the avg acoustic smear in a given room? The ears themselves behave digitally. We only have so many receptor cells and tehy can only trigger a signal so fast and have downtime before the next signal can be sent to the brain. Is that not how digital approaches a continuous flow? 24 bit vs cells, 96khz vs trigger speed and recovery?
As for the first reply, I still say that room acoustics have more to do with sound than dsps in consumer vs pro gear. However, a mastered wav files played through a converter of sufficient quality to have been used in the production of the music itself, such as rme or motu, would make that a moot point.
I know 808 and 909 owners that sold their units and never looked back with a machine drum They are not the end all of electronic music for me, apprximations as starting points for new soudns are perfectly acceptable
