Re: [microsound] High sampling rates/Bit depths

[Owen Green <o.t.green@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Wright wrote:
> Does anyone work with their audio at these kinds of rates/depths?  

Yes, although rarely at high sample rates.

> Is
> there a dramatic difference?  

Perception aside, increased word lengths are a good idea when you're 
going to be subjecting the sound to repeated processing, as they 
degenerate much less quickly than 16 bit files due to having a noise 
floor waaaay down there. If you /can/ work at 24 / 32 bit, and you're 
bending your material quite a lot, then do; when going back down to 
16-bits always remember to dither first.

High sample rates aren't really as useful, however on operations like 
digital compression (as in dynamic range manipulation, not mp3ing) and 
eq using a high sample rate leaves (possibly unwanted) artifacts way 
outside the audible range. High sample rates gobble more CPU time though.

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