Can you hear the difference between 48kHz and 96kHz?

Yes there is but it’s not for the reason you might think. It’s not likely to be the difference in high frequencies that you’ll hear. Higher sample rates do preserve these ultra high frequencies. Even a 48 KHz sample rate can represent frequencies up to 20 KHz (the limit of human hearing).

What sample rate is best for recording?

Research has shown that recording your audio at a higher sample rate (such as 48KHz or 96KHz) and then dithering it back to 44.1KHz doesn’t improve the sound of the recording and even cause slight distortion. We highly recommend recording your songs at 44.1KHz.

Which is better 44.1kHz or 48kHz?

We did a blind comparison between 48khz and 96 khz in our recording studio. Interestingly enough, everyone who took the test preferred 48khz! It might have something to do with what the human ear has become use to hearing: 44.1 and 48.

Are there any advantages to recording at 96kHz?

The original sound is re-sampled and SRC’d to fit the timeline and then interpolated to generate the slowed down sound. So unless they are re-stamping files recorded at 96 as 48k (cutting speed an frequency by 1/2) before importing the track to their edit session, any advantage of recording at 96k will be largely eliminated.

Which is better 96kHz or 192kHz mics?

So even if the mic could capture sounds that 96 or 192khz would be necessary to record, the wireless link limits the bandwidth and dynamic range to a range that can be completely faithfully reproduced with 16 bit 44.1khs digital A to D. It’s all about the “Spinal Tap effect”. You know, “Our band is better because the amps go up to 11”.

Why does my computer record at 44.1kHz?

Basically, if something inside the computer generates audio above the clock frequency (e.g., 44.1kHz), this audio creates difference signals that “fold back” into the audible range, producing nasty distortions. These signals won’t have huge amplitudes, but they’ll still be annoying. This process is called aliasing.