[linux-audio-user] Re: producing a drum sample library for hydrogen

[Lee Revell]

RickTaylor at speakeasy.net wrote:

> 
>  Have you actually worked with 24/96?
> 

I must admit I have not.  But I don't need to try satellite internet to 
know that it's unusable either, I know what the speed of light is and I
can do the math.

>  The differences are major. For instance, at 16/48 I can't push the feedback in
> Soundforge's Multitap delay past 50% without it going into a loop and trying to
> eat my ears and hardware... At 24/48 I can generally push it a bit... and at
> 24/96 I can turn it all the way up and still, be able to control it... Seeing
> as I work primarilly with noise and feedback... this opens up entire new aural
> vistas for me... I can get sounds that would never happen at lower rates.
> 
>  :} I *need* those sounds.

Good point, this is a case where you go with whatever gives you the best 
sound, but you are really relying on the quirks of the particular 
effects you are using.  I was talking about the specific case of 
recording live sounds from outside the computer.

Lee