24/96 or 16/44 - Guitars101

Sorbz62 · 01-12-2006, 11:05 AM

Is 24/96 that much better than 16/44 for recording? I use a GT8 via SPDIF into my Terratec S/C (DMX6 Fire).

Is one better or is it better to record at the higher bit rate and then dither down to 16/44 for burning to CD or MP3.

Cheers,

Jim

**stingx** · 01-12-2006, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sorbz62

Is 24/96 that much better than 16/44 for recording? I use a GT8 via SPDIF into my Terratec S/C (DMX6 Fire).

Is one better or is it better to record at the higher bit rate and then dither down to 16/44 for burning to CD or MP3.

Cheers,

Jim

24/96 - more headroom.

This is beaten to death at tweakheadz.com.

Goport · 01-12-2006, 12:29 PM

sting is right. you can also record at 44.1/24bit if your card allows it. this gives the benefit of saving on disk space but keeping the 24 bit resolution.

A good halfway house is 38/24. you give yourself better than cd quality but without doubling the wav size as you might using 96khz

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Goport excess to requirements Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 7,378	sting is right. you can also record at 44.1/24bit if your card allows it. this gives the benefit of saving on disk space but keeping the 24 bit resolution. A good halfway house is 38/24. you give yourself better than cd quality but without doubling the wav size as you might using 96khz __________________ "All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?"

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