Sampling to DAW loss/change in sound quality

I just wanted to run this by everyone just to get some feedback if you dont mind.

If I run a sample into ableton lets say as opposed to sampling direct will I lose sound quality?

I'm just not sure what happens when when I run back into my sampler.
For example, I go from turntable to audio interface to ableton. (to chop)
Then after I have my truncated sample I run from audio interface into sampler.

What do you guys think will be added or taken away? (audio interface is 24 bit and dont know what type of coloring ableton adds/takes away..)

Peace

i do this all the time, i record a sample from the TT into Reaper via the Delta 1010, clean, EQ, boost, then into the mpc. if anything i think it improves the audio. i prefer raising the volume in a DAW over normalizing in the mp. sometimes the the mp normalize makes the highs crackle, and you have no control over how high you can raise it..

as always your ears should be the judge. if you have adequate monitoring you should be able to tell if quality is degraded.
as far as ableton live is concerned if you turn warping off it shouldn't have a noticeable effect on the sounds you sample into it.

Thanks for the headsup! This is really excellent feedback and I appreciate it. Good tips as well.

Peace

Any time you run audio through a AD/DA conversion (for example from TT into your interface (AD), out of your interface (DA), into your sampler (AD), out of your sampler (DA), and back into your interface (AD)) you're going to degrade the quality of the audio. Whether or not that's a problem depends on your interface/sampler AD/DA converter sound quality, and your preference (some people - me included - like the sound of certain AD/DA converters). However, I try to minimize the # of times that I convert audio from analog to digital and vise versa.

OTOH, something can be said for the convenience and workflow of capturing and editing samples in the computer (and yes workflow does matter a lot).

Maybe you should investigate ways of transferring samples between the computer and the sampler (what sampler you got) without going through another DA/AD conversion stage. Either if your interface and sampler both have SPDIF, or if your sampler can load from CF card or other storage format that your computer can read etc...

mp3 wrote:Any time you run audio through a AD/DA conversion (for example from TT into your interface (AD), out of your interface (DA), into your sampler (AD), out of your sampler (DA), and back into your interface (AD)) you're going to degrade the quality of the audio. Whether or not that's a problem depends on your interface/sampler AD/DA converter sound quality, and your preference (some people - me included - like the sound of certain AD/DA converters). However, I try to minimize the # of times that I convert audio from analog to digital and vise versa.

OTOH, something can be said for the convenience and workflow of capturing and editing samples in the computer (and yes workflow does matter a lot).

Maybe you should investigate ways of transferring samples between the computer and the sampler (what sampler you got) without going through another DA/AD conversion stage. Either if your interface and sampler both have SPDIF, or if your sampler can load from CF card or other storage format that your computer can read etc...

well said

Thanks a lot everyone,

I really need to take the A/D conversion and visa versa into consideration when deciding which route to take.

Thank you.