[linux-audio-user] Sample Rates / Sample Sizes

Starting a new thread originating as: Re: producing a drum sample library for hydrogen I can easily tell the difference, as can many, between 16- and 24-bit samples, but not equally for all instruments, of course. I highly, highly recommend using 24-bit samples for any widely used library, especially given the amount of processing that most of us do. I myself also use 96,000 samples/second because I always do quite a bit of processing, but that's a lot tougher sell for a library. --------------------- Someone said that 44,100 samples/second is a quirk. It's not merely a quirk. 44,100 = 2^2 * 3^2 * 5^2 * 7^2 which has some useful properties compared to 48,000 = 2^7 * 3 * 5^3. Lots of small primes that differ is sometimes better than a bunch of powers of two, despite the advantage primarily associated with FFT's that some focus on. Looked at from a prime number standpoint (therefore certain types of algorithms), 48,000 is truly bizarre compared to 44,100. 96,000 is yet ANOTHER power of two on top of 48,000! Whether a particular sample rate is a good one or not is dependent upon more than just what is customary and standard.