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From: Gio <gio@...>
Date: Thu Feb 14, 2002 4:40pm
Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: 96kHz and stuff...

I totally agree.
The relationship between fundamental tones and harmonic over/under tones
helps give a certain clarity and presence to a "sound"
IMO, speakers will have to be revisited, microphones will change, and
amplification of these "new" frequencies will have to be addressed.
And then.......
Squish it all down to a 16 bit- 44K audio CD.......
Hmmm.. It'll be a while before people start shelling out thousands for new
and improved home/car/personal stereos and DVD players, or whatever is next.
Ciao
Gio


> From: "Mark Lennox" <mark@e...>
> Reply-To: logic-users@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:06:09 -0000
> To: <logic-users@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [LUG]  OT: 96kHz and stuff...
>
> I know most people cant hear above say 17kHz or so, and thus the argument
> for 96kHz sampling rate seems ridiculous.
>
> However, you have to remember that instruments, voices, etc... produce
> overtones, harmonics, whatever stretching far above the audible threshold.
> If these tones interact to form beat frequencies the resultant frequency
> could be within the audible range.
>
> While recording you may record the beat frequency but not the original tones
> that produced it - does anyone think that this would matter? Is this why
> people claim that 96+kHz smapling rate is much better? Is it all in their
> heads :)
>
> Having never heard a digital system better than my own (not bragging here,
> just lamenting my lack of big buck studio experience :( ) - A tango24
> interface into a cheap 'HI-FI' amp and a set of NS10's (I'm sure most
> peoples experience of high-end audio..), I'm torn between the argument that
> what we have now is way beyond what was available to musicians all through
> history and the argument that we must always strive for more.
>
> I sometimes feel that we have neglected to fully exploit a 'plateau' of
> technology before we rush headlong to the next big thing. I sometimes wonder
> who is left to discover the best mix of front-end/convertor/monitor that
> brings out the best in a given recording situation. There are long
> established practices for recording to tape - while the majority of these
> will long be cherished and valid, what needs to be updated for the digital
> medium?
>
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