ableton live pa (sample quality poll)

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What quality samples do you use for your loops for live pa?

44khz/16bit
9
43%
48khz/16bit
1
5%
44khz/24bit
9
43%
48khz/24bit
2
10%
 
Total votes: 21

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Post by Robot Criminal »

I know what nyquist theorem is about.
and
One way to maintain quality is to follow this important rule: Source recordings and masters should have higher resolution than the eventual release medium. There's always a loss down the line, due to cumulative processing and lossy transmission techniques.
88.2 kHz Reissues Will Sound Better Than The CD Originals
The above evidence implies that record companies are sitting on a new goldmine. Even old, 16-bit/44.1 session tapes can exhibit more life and purity of tone if properly reprocessed and reissued on a 20-bit (24-bit) 88.2 kHz DVD. In addition, by retaining the output wordlength at 24 bits, it will be unnecessary to add additional degrading 16-bit dither to the product. Many of these older 16-bit tapes were produced with 20-bit accurate A/Ds and dithered to 16 bits; they already have considerable resolution below the 16th bit.
so yeah, anything above 16/44 would b definite overkill :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

...and I can definitely hear more than 20KHz. fact.

maybe u should read this bob katz article yourself :wink:
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Post by clubfoot »

right then :!:
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Post by sorgenkind »

you did not get my point

whatever

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Post by hydrogen »

After reading the article, it appears that the higher sample rates are irrelevant, unless you are recording specific instruments that record lots of resolution.

I think the biggest thing with using a higher bitrate 24bit, is that you can compress/limit your signal in the digital pathway and not hear a bunch of crunchiness. This is what I was starting to notice, particularly if you remove the bass on a 16bit/44khz track that had been limited.

Great discussion for sure.
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Post by sorgenkind »

with 24 bits you have more headroom than with 16 bits
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Post by 4am »

afaik: higher sample rates are useful only if you are recording classical music (i mean violins and other acoustic instruments).
what i always heard is that for electronic music it will not change that much...
24 bit is also useful because it allows processing (several times) with less loss of quality...
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sorgenkind wrote:you did not get my point

whatever

irony is not for everyone
yeah, I'm so not undrestanding anything... :roll:

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peace to you robotcriminal
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