Priorities... good gear before high sample rates

elisha · Post by **elisha** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 9:15 pm

I have been reading tons of great material here on the site regarding sample rates and preamp gear and tube mics, etc....

I think that what I'm understanding from most of what I read is that it is more important to have great mics and preamps, and great D/A conversion than it is to have the ability to record at high sample rates. I'm about ready to spend about $7K on gear but will probably still do the next project on tripleDat at 16bits/44.1Khz.

I've had good success with it so far, even without the great mics, pre's & A/D stuff....

What do you guys think? If you had to choose between the gear and the sample rates which would be your priority?

Thanks!!!

Post by **garyb** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 11:34 pm

i'm with you.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 8:28 pm

from a review of the Presonus Firestation:
... due to the extraordinary acoustic quality of the Presonus converters (max 48k/24bit) one can safely ignore devices with inflationary high sampling rates.
As long as no mass-compatible medium for high sampling rates is established, those 'standard' converters as the Firestation's will continue to be the measure.

cheers, Tom

Post by **garyb** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:59 pm

man,have i heard some great sounds from the cd format.(44.1khz 16bit)

elisha · Post by **elisha** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 1:06 am

Oh yeah... I'm really excited about the next project... I have had some pretty high compliments from technical people I respect on the latest project just using pulsar and tripledat.... really with only 2 good mics (AKG C414 and a Rode NT1) and Fostex VC-8 A/D converters... can't wait to try it out with the upgraded front end stuff!!! (at 16/44.1)!!!