24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense

Zoetrope · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:49 pm

24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense

Excellent article, well worth a read. Bottom line: 192 is pointless; 24 is useful when mixing, but not much use in a final mix for the listener (versus 16 bit)

m24p · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:34 pm

Zoetrope wrote:

24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense

Excellent article, well worth a read. Bottom line: 192 is pointless; 24 is useful when mixing, but not much use in a final mix for the listener (versus 16 bit)

192 isn't pointless if you're doing sound design. Say I recorded a baby cooing and want to play it at half speed so it sounds like a zombie grunting. If I do that with a sample recorded at 44.1k, half speed makes it 22.05 S/s, which means we can barely represent 10kHz. :yes:

Zoetrope · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:51 pm

m24p wrote:

Zoetrope wrote:

24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense

Excellent article, well worth a read. Bottom line: 192 is pointless; 24 is useful when mixing, but not much use in a final mix for the listener (versus 16 bit)

192 isn't pointless if you're doing sound design. Say I recorded a baby cooing and want to play it at half speed so it sounds like a zombie grunting. If I do that with a sample recorded at 44.1k, half speed makes it 22.05 S/s, which means we can barely represent 10kHz. :yes:

I think you've found the exception that proves the rule.

Lee · **Joined:** Sun May 15, 2005 8:15 pm **Posts:** 4869

Really good article. I'm going to bookmark this one and share it elsewhere.
Thanks ZO!

Zoetrope · **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:59 am

It definitely changed my thinking on the subject.

Stevebol · **Joined:** Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:07 am **Posts:** 21

For listening I can't tell the difference beyond 24/48 or 24/44.1 really.

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