By Fanu
Wed May 29, 2019 9:00 pm
Nyquist theory says we get pristine reproduction for *half* of the chosen sample rate, and we get no aliasing for that range. So, even with our "basic" 44.1K machines we get 22050 Hz pure and clean. That goes way above what we can actually hear. So even 44.1 KHz has some "useless extra" there.
Note that 100% of the digital music we hear and buy is 44.1 kHz and 16-bit.
Now, a machine that uses 96 kHz sample rate can go up to 48 kHz all clean, no aliasing. That's ridiculous, considering that technically speaking the *perfect* human ear can catch 20K tops (adults don't go that high). 96K might probably be great for bats' echolocation sounds, as they happen around 20–200 kHz, ha.
I mix and master every single work day of the week as my job, and I rock 44.1K/24-bit, and it gets converted to 16-bit…and no-one is ever unhappy.
Note that 100% of the digital music we hear and buy is 44.1 kHz and 16-bit.
Now, a machine that uses 96 kHz sample rate can go up to 48 kHz all clean, no aliasing. That's ridiculous, considering that technically speaking the *perfect* human ear can catch 20K tops (adults don't go that high). 96K might probably be great for bats' echolocation sounds, as they happen around 20–200 kHz, ha.
I mix and master every single work day of the week as my job, and I rock 44.1K/24-bit, and it gets converted to 16-bit…and no-one is ever unhappy.