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Default Oversampling converters vs. high SRs

On 2/8/2019 3:38 PM, nickbatz wrote:
why does anyone use 96K these days?


One reason is that we've been brainwashed. Same for 192 kHz which some
people known for their good work insist that things recorded at 192 kHz
sample rate really sound better.

A practical reason to use higher than standard sample rate is that for a
given portion of the cycle, you have more samples to work with. When
doing signal processing in the digital domain (software plug-ins, for
instance), having more samples allows for better resolution within the
process. So applying the same EQ to both a standard sample rate
recording and a 2x or 4x sample rate recording may indeed sound better,
even when converted back to standard sample rate.



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