I seem to understand that one reason you might want to increase the sampling frenquency (besides conveying ultrasounds, if you're into that), is that the converter's inner digital low-pass filter, designed to avoid nyquist-related artefacts, can work with a gentler slope, hence do less collateral damage within the audible range. However my question is not so much about why not use 96KHz, as it is about why not use 48KHz ? You know, with all the double frequency debate. I considered Mixing and Mastering, and then I even considered Drama Zone since I expect the discussion to be controversial. PS, I am experimenting with Foobar2000 and Fre:ac to change the 96/24 FLAC to a 96/24 WAV prior to using dBpoweramp for sample rate and bit depth conversion.I really hesitated about which forum to post this question in. But since then I have learned that the simple way of doing it (96/24 FLAC straight to CD with something like CDBurnerXP) would not be the best way for best sound!īeing the picky OCD guy that I am I am now hung up on learning this process and striking a balance between somewhat simple and something that still sounds fantastic!įinally, dither, it's supposed to be essential but there is no selection for it in dBpoweramp and r8brain.Do these programs just 'know what to do' and do it automatically? That would be best for a guy like me anyway - one thing I don't have to worry about doing or worry that it's not getting done but should be! I bought an album as a high quality 96/24 FLAC at HDTracks figuring getting it down to a high quality 44.1k/16 WAV for burning to CD would be relatively simple.

Now, someone at the other forum has stated that these programs that APPEAR to do both steps at once actually are designed to change the sample rate first and THEN change the bit rate, EVEN THOUGH it is a one step and done process.Is that correct? which brings me to dBpoweramp and r8brain, which APPEAR to change the sample rate and the bit depth simultaneously. I'd like to comfirm something I have read at another forum.Īccording to what I have read, when converting a 96/24 WAV (previously a 96/24 FLAC) to a 44.1/16 WAV it is important that the 96k sample rate gets converted to a 44.1k sample rate BEFORE the 24 bit depth gets converted to a 16 bit depth.normally two completely different steps?

44.1 vs 96