justuseaneq wrote:it seems the benefits I would experience from running at 96khz would be small indeed, since most processes I use run good quality upsampling.
Thanks all!
And that statement demonstrates your understanding of where higher sample rates/upsampling CAN be beneficial (a-la plugin oversampling for dynamics and "AIR EQ" and such). Good on ya!
While I agree 44.1 can have issues in the highest octave - with good quality AD conversion (which oversamples as well to minimize anti-aliasing low-pass filtering artifacts), it will generally yield excellent results without needlessly pissing away valuable CPU/DSP cycles and HD space (granted, BOTH are not limiting factors in this day and age)...
Glad you were able to prove the RME BF was not the culprit. I'm quite the RME fanboy myself . My ears are far from pristine (I like it loud!), but "well done" 44.1k is plenty good for me...
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