Topic: How Fast of Laptop do i really need

[BCostigan]

Wow Wow wow

Hell Im still Not sure Why Infact we record @96 khz, and then Have to dither it.

hell now your talking 192khz. Is there really folk's in the forum that can play these back in a home Stereo.

My Pc can only handle up to 96khz, I had a Guy that run's the board in a Local Venue here in KC, and he thought I was crazy for running 48khz, He asked my why I would record them at 48 and then dither them to 44.1

I told Him I was New to the game But it was just kinda a standard. I percieve it as being like a VHS tape (SP,LP,SLP) I mean you can tape a show on Tv in SLP mode but do ya really want to watch it or Just like the look of Snow on your Tv.  

But what are really be the benefit's Of 96/192 .

I mean if we have to dither it , Is it just for archive sake?

Sorry for all the newbie ?'s

Nick

I would assume most are recording at  higher resolutions for archiving knowing that some day we'll be happy the recording were made at a higher resolution even though we can't play them now.  Good planning me thinks!

[Wes]

I, along with MANY others do listen to the 24/96 or 192 stuff.  There are a couple of ways to do it..  take a digi-out of your soundcard from your computer into the DAC of your playback gear or burn a DVD-A, which requires DVD-A authoring software along with a dvd-a player.  I'd say you'd be able to notice subtle differences on a "mid-fi" playback setup, but the more high end the system, the more dramatic the effects of higher bit depth and sample rate.  On my playback gear there is ALOT of detail gained by a 96khz recording when compared to a 48khz..  The more bits.. ie. 24 compared to 16 bits seems to add depth to the soundstage when played back..  I've found my favorite HR media to be SACD, which is comparable to 20 bit / 2.2 Mhz..

About the computer specs.. anything above 500mhz and 196MB of ram should be more than enough (check your soundcard specs).  But you will need much more than 10GB of HD space, expecially if you plan on running 24/192.  I'd say a min of 30GB.

[momule]

I would assume most are recording at  higher resolutions for archiving knowing that some day we'll be happy the recording were made at a higher resolution even though we can't play them now.  Good planning me thinks!

ya that's Kinda what I thought.




I tried to play a 24/96 CDR in My pioneer DVD player But all I got was some bad static sound.

SO it should play if Burned on a DVD is what your saying?  

Is there another way to be able to listen to 24/96 Via a DVD player using CDR's as I dont have a DVD burner yet.
Im still trying to get a response from plextor on if they plan on putting out a 8mb Buffer on there DVD Burners such as sony.
Just kinda sounds like a good Idea On a DVD burner.


Nick

[dmonterisi]

i play 24/96 recordings back via dvd-audio (different from attaching audio to a video dvd) and by connecting my home PC to my stereo.  i can not imagine that you will be able to play 24bit/96khz recordings that are somehow burned to a cd.

[mirth]

Well, if you're burning an audio CD then somewhere along the lines its getting resampled & dithered because a regular ole CD is 16/44.1.  Period.

Sounds to me like you might be trying to play a data CD in your DVD player? Also, does your DVD player support the relatively-new DVD-A spec? If not, then your better off burning a DVD video disc with just a picture & your show as the audio track.

[momule]

that makes sense I guess
Im kinda doubting my DVD player will play a DVD-A as it is old now, I bought it a couple years ago when they first started coming out.

it is a Pioneer DV-333 . I think I bought it from Crutchfield, But hell I have twisted a couple since then and dont remember for sure.

Thank's for the info though.

Nick

[Chanher]

to answer the original question, here is some info:

http://www.nickspicks.com/faq-24bit.htm