My new Motu Soundcart is able to handle 24 bits and up to 96 Khz. I have drums recorded at 24 bits and 44.1 Khz To my ears recordings at 96 Khz sound better. Does it make sense to record my other tracks (vocals, guitars etc) at 96 Khz and convert the drumtracks also to 96 KHz? I can't find this in the FAQ. If it is, please mail me. greetings, Evert

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, Evert Scholten <evertscholten@w...> wrote: > My new Motu Soundcart is able to handle 24 bits and up to 96 Khz. I have > drums recorded at 24 bits and 44.1 Khz > To my ears recordings at 96 Khz sound better. > Does it make sense to record my other tracks (vocals, guitars etc) at 96 Khz > and convert the drumtracks also to 96 KHz? > > I can't find this in the FAQ. If it is, please mail me. > > greetings, > > Evert Hi Evert, I guess so.Although the drum tracks will NOT sound any better,because upsampling does not add any new audio info,just numbers. I would suggest playing the drumtracks out through an analog desk into tape,or another recorder,and re-recording them but at 96kHz.That way you could try to make them a little better with outboard EQ,and you would not just be adding ones and zeroes to your files. I must say I still record at 24 bit 44.1kHz,and if you are only going to CD quality or lower like mp3 as your final delivery format,then the extra 96kHz is not going to make much of a difference to the end listener.It will get lost in the downsampling/ dithering. I Hope this helps, Nick