Record at 24 bits, but leave the sample rate always at 44.1 (or if the final result is dvd, 48). After years and years of wondering, professionals decided by ear. The tiny "gains" from recording at a higher sample rate, even if you ignore all the extra CPU power wasted, are usually lost when you convert it back to 16 bit, 44.1k.
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Albums are recorded in pro studios today, still at 44.1k because of that. Of course it sounds a lot better at 44.1k. Maybe it is something to do with the highs getting exaggerated during the resampling down to 44.1K. When I reset the rate to 44.1K, it opens up, has more depth, and sounds better to my ears. When I play it at 96K, it sounds much more "flat" "2d" and "boxy". I first noticed this on my laptop, which is why I thought it was just due to it's bunk card, but then I also had the same effect on one of my DAWs which has an EMU 0404 PCI card in it that supports 96K fully and has some (amazingly) solid drivers. No dithering, all files remain at 24-bit.Ĥ. No resampling, this is just within Reaper.ģ. it's usually best to just work at the native sample rate of your data.Ģ. I'm guessing you're hearing some artifacting somewhere and getting a little bit of artificial treble added. either that or maybe the D/A filters on your interface are optimized for 44khz. What is the sample rate of the original wav files? what resample method are you using? maybe the aliasing sounds good there (hrm, probably not).