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- Is 192kHz a good sample rate?
- Can you hear the difference between 48kHz and 192kHz?
- Should I use 48kHz or 96kHz?
- Should I use 24 bit 192kHz?
Is 192kHz a good sample rate?
For mastering, 96kHz or even archival mastering at 192kHz is usually a good idea. Regardless, recording at 44.1 or 48kHz through a high-quality modern audio interface will give you excellent results, depending on the situation, very similar to what you'd get at higher rates.
Can you hear the difference between 48kHz and 192kHz?
It's not likely to be the difference in high frequencies that you'll hear. The range of human hearing is 20 Hz to 20 KHz. A 44.1 KHz sample rate (the sample rate of audio CDs) does reduce the high frequencies a little bit above 18 KHz. Higher sample rates do preserve these ultra high frequencies.
Should I use 48kHz or 96kHz?
48 kHz is the standard for music or sound placed in a movie or video. 96 kHz offers several advantages for both recording and mixing, but the main downside is that it requires more processing power from your computer and results in significantly larger audio files.
Should I use 24 bit 192kHz?
While everyone fixates on 24 bit/192kHz as a magic bullet, we're not going to see any actual improvement. There is just no point to distributing music in 24 bit/192kHz format. Its playback fidelity is slightly inferior to 16 bit/44.1 kHz or 16 bit/48kHz, and it takes up 6 times the space.
