Re: Mastering with JAMin and Ardour

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 09:17, R Parker wrote:
> --- Jan Depner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 08:46, R Parker wrote:
> > 
> > > Analog is "phater" is snake oil bullshit. Anyone
> > that
> > > wants to hinge their success at pleasing people on
> > > those arguments can kiss my hairy digital ass. :)
> > My,
> > > my don't I have a big mouth this morning. I
> > seldomly
> > > if ever get drawn into debating that stuff. I
> > should
> > > be happy that I'm to busy to indulge.
> > > 
> > 
> >     If you record at 96KHz or 192KHz you're so close
> > to analog that it
> > doesn't matter.  I certainly agree that analog is
> > "phater" than 16 bit
> > 44.1KHZ but, since the target media is 16 bit
> > 44.1KHz, it really doesn't
> > matter.  BTW, I did an interesting experiment the
> > other day.  I recorded
> > some old vinyl to digital.  I recorded the same
> > songs in 24 bit 44.1KHz
> > and 24 bit 96KHz.  Anyone who says they can't hear
> > the difference
> > between 44.1 and 96 should try this.  It's an eye
> > opener.
> 
> I concur that there's an audible difference but the
> hassles and compromises don't outweigh the gains. Do I
> want to produce 12 or 24 tracks? I'll take 24 every
> time.
> 

    True.  Hopefully, in the near future, that won't be as big a problem
as it is now.


> I did my comparisons a week ago on an album that
> someone sent me to mix and master. It was recorded at
> 96kHz. Apparently the real differences are heard in
> effects processing which I didn't test. Effects
> processing was their reason for recording at 96kHz.
> 
   That's one good reason.  You'd be amazed if you recorded the exact
same analog source into 44.1 and 96 though.  I'd never done that
before.  Usually something else gets changed.  That's the advantage of
using vinyl as your input.

Jan




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