Somebody stated this somewhere:
Many products are mastered with analog out, through analog
processors, and re-converted at a lower sample rate, JUST to avoid doing SRC.
To do SRC WELL, and sound as good as good D/A-A/D conversion takes a bunch of
work to do it right.DON'T buy into the story that you HAVE to keep everything all digital once it's
recorded. There are MAJOR projects done every day that may have 2 or 3
conversions done before the final master is done. Just use your ears.
1. Why would 88.2/44.1 SRC be any less complicated than 96/44.1 SRC?
2. What if we're starting with 24 tracks at 48/24 mixing through analog console then through HEDD and into masterlink. Does that make all the above discussion about 96k irrelevant? What I mean is - perhaps it would be better to stay at 48/24 on Masterlink hard drive. Or is there a sound advantage to convert up to 96 on way in to Masterlink - even when original tracks were at 48/24?
If the former - do we have to start from scratch to consider the original SRC question and burning a redbook CD in Masterlink?
3. Finally, Lets say you had two Masterlinks. You come out of the first one into HEDD192 for D/A then into EQ and Comp then back into Hedd for (A/D) and record to 2nd Masterlink HD at 44.1/16. Then burn redbook. How do you think that might compare to a hi quality DAW scenario?
WP
PS: Then again if the HEDD does not do SRC - is this possible?
Comments
[list]1. Why would 88.2/44.1 SRC be any less complicated than 96
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as you can see, the 88.2/44.1 conversion is a nice 1/2.
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If you are using an analog console and outboard gear etc... then it's going to create harmonics above the 48k sampling rate. If you then capture this at a higher sampling rate and then master at a higher sampling rate, I find that it's going to sound better than staying at a lower rate. The filters on your digital gear are working at a higher freq so the high end processing that you do do will sound smoother.
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Depends on the DAW and how your using it. In general, if you can do your processing at a higher rate and find a good way (sounds good) to get it to 16/44.1, then great. do it both ways and compare them. Try combinations of the two, listen to how each part of your chain sounds and reacts to different rates.