In Reply to: Test with 24/96 vs. 16/44 LITTLE TO NO DIFFERENCE. posted by Archimago on February 13, 2010 at 09:00:59:
16/44 format is for listening. Any higher format is intended for manipulating the audio. In listening tests, there will be no audible difference.
So why higher formats? Even though there is no audible difference, there is very good reason to record in higher format. If you will mix, eq, or manipulate audio in digital format, every change you make will degrade quality.
If you apply same effect in both formats, and then export to 16/44, they will sound different depending how much manipulation is done. Recording just one track (song) without any changes will have no audible difference in any format above 16/44.
Higher formats are intended for recording/mixing studios only. Once all is done, the exported files should be reduced to 16/44 since this will have no audible difference any more.
Using any higher format for listening is waste of space without any benefits.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Test with 24/96 vs. 16/44 LITTLE TO NO DIFFERENCE. - EngHelp 10:27:44 02/13/10 (2)
- RE: Test with 24/96 vs. 16/44 LITTLE TO NO DIFFERENCE. - Archimago 08:52:56 02/14/10 (1)
- I'm not a mixing engineer or production person - Presto 10:36:33 02/14/10 (0)