[Mike Miller]

My question is: Should I record/mix everything at 48k (or higher) and then
do a sample rate conversion at the end of the process with Sound Forge or
should I record/track everything at 44.1 from the start? (48K would make
my
life a bit easier from a BRC point of view...)

Sample rate conversion is bad. It's better than it used to be, but if you
want to release at 44.1, record at 44.1.

Why would recording at 48 ksamp/sec be any easier?

Thanks to all for quick replies - I'll stick with 44.1 for tracking.

Previously, I'd been tracking at 48k on tape ADATs and mixing to 2-track
using a SV-3800 dat deck for AD conversion at 44.1k. I never realized just
how bad the converters were until I got the HD24XR . So for the time being,
I'm going to use it for 2-track A/D as well.

I'm considering purchasing an Apogee Minime USB for 2-track A/D in the
studio - as I can also use it with a laptop and smaart for live sound.
(Overkill for that app, but that's where I spend most of my time.) But,
that'll have to wait a while. (Any recommendations on a good portable 2
channel usb or firewire A/D with a mic pre & phantom power appreciated.)

The reason that 48k is "easier" for me is that with a BRC, I still have to
use "48k" and then "pitch down" with the BRC to 44.1k. It records at 44.1,
but the files are marked as 48k. When I transfer tracks to a computer for
editing prior to mixdown, I have to remark them as 44.1 if I want to hear
them at the right pitch. Not terrible, but an annoyance.

I just got the HD24XR yesterday, so I'm still experimenting & learning, but
so far, the coexistence with the BRC is very disappointing. I just want to
use the BRC for arming, transport and locate control - but apparently I have
to take it's word clock too and I can't find a way around that. The BRC
won't even transmit MIDI MMC unless there's a slave attached... But now I'm
way off topic...

For now, I'll stick with 44.1.

Thanks again,
Mike