I have been thinking about this, and wanted some opinions. I am not interested in tech specs nearly as much as sound quality when it comes to my digital recording. So I was wondering, if I am using a fairly cheap 24 bit card (M-Audio Delta card) and compared it to say a Lucid ADA1000, which will only do 20 bits, what will I hear?

Hey All;

I'm in desperate need of some help troubleshooting my system-I've spent all weekend setting it up and I'm still having glitches.

I posted this down in DAWworld as well but thought I might catch a few eyes up here that don't check down there...

Hi friends!
Seems this is my first post on this forum page..

I use PT Mix 5.1.1 with 2 ADAT bridges light piped to an 02R, mostly at 44.1k/24 bits. I know this is weird and hard to quantize, but assuming two different situations that I present below.. what are the advantages in each case, in terms of percentage:

a) PT MIX x PT HD both at 44.1k/24 bits

I've heard of a number producers on and offline who are recording vocals without adding compression until >after< the A/D conversion.

Just wanted to inform you guys that there's an intriguing debate going on over at homerecording on the issue of the benefits of 24 bit recording after dithering to 16 bit for CD. Perhaps the discussion should be brought here?

I am an 02R owner and am considering going to a 24 bit HD recorder using ADAT light pipe. However, the Yamaha ADAT card uses a proprietary Alesis optical chip that will only pass a 20 bit word length. Other than the expensive TC Electronic 02R Unit Y card (for which you're mostly paying for the plugin processors), are there any reliable 3rd party 24 bit ADAT cards out there?

I have been searching for a "nicer" Mic Pre and compressor to use as a front end to the Digi 001. I would like to have a discrete solid state mic preamp with very little coloration to be used on a variety of source material. I have been very impressed by the FMR Audio RNC compressor and have heard a Mic Pre is in the works but I have no idea when that might be available.

I have heard a lot of guys say the music being recorded today punk, rap, pop etc will not take advantage of 96 kHz sample rate.
I tried a few projects at 96k and things sounded better to me
but my machine was overloading.

Makes me want to build a super computer!

What do you guys think, is 96 khz worth it?

Hi Brad,

PT looks to go 96k any comments on the SRC needed to get'down' to make a normal CD?

Pitfalls?

Tips?

:)

Jules

most of the sound module are 16bit still..is there a point to tracking them with 24bit?

thanks!