So What Bit Depth/Sample Rate do you use?

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Originally Posted by Tomer=Trance

16/44.1 does the trick for me.

And in my opinion....so it should....

I'd say for 85% of us...16/44.1 is ample (and lets face it....most of our favourite 80's songs were at these rates). The higher bit rates and frequencies are only going to be fully exploited if the end user is listening to your song on a high end hi-fi. You must face the reality that for trance and techno....most listeners are not of the kind to own high end hifi. Nope, these are the people who like to turn on their 'Bass reflex SME' all the way up.....for those really thumping beats....

Same goes for clubs and venues. The fidelity is shite......and its only because of extreme eq-ing that certain sounds (hi-hats etc) have what appears to be some clarity. You will certainly hear no difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192 in a club setting.....what you will hear is differences in eq-ing....

This naturally leads me onto the specs of new sound cards......one must bear in mind that figures and stats sells products. If it doesnt look good on paper...... products these days just dont seem to sell to well. More is not always better.....and id be more than happy to pick up a ?1000 16/44.1 card because it would piss all over your cheaper 24/96-192 types.

Alas no one does this these days.....a familiar story with analog synths.

DS