[LAU] Record at 44.1 or at 48 kHz?

[Sampo Savolainen]

Quoting tim hall <tech at glastonburymusic.org.uk>:

> Victor Roetman wrote:
> 
> > The question I have is whether I should be recording 24 bit audio at
> > 44.1 kHz or at 48 kHz if the end result will be Compact Disk audio.  
> 
> I'm not an expert on this, but:
> CD audio is 44.1kHz/16bit
> If you record at anything else, you will have to downsample.

Always record in 24 bits when possible. You will want the lowest possible
noise floor when mixing together multiple signals. Noise can build up easily.

The bit depth of the destination format has little to do with what
resolution you should use for the source.


  Sampo