Re: (idm) 24bit 96kHz format

From Marc 3 Poirier
Sent Mon, Feb 15th 1999, 23:52

> About the only practical application of this audio technology is in the
> recording and reproduction of classical music. The clarity is so good
> out of an entire symphony orchestra you can individually pick out the
> French horn player sitting in the middle who stopped briefly to pick his
> nose.
> 
> As for IDM? 16bit/44.1kHz is fine.

Aw jeez, this is totally bogus.  16-bit 44.1 kHz is the most bare-ass,
hardly passing standard for digital audio.  Okay, maybe not totally because
the 16-bit part is pretty good, but the 44.1 kHz part is atrocious.  It
doesn't have to do with whether you call the music you're playing
"classical," it has to do with whether it has treble in it, & most music I
listen to, of all different sorts, does have treble.  Once you start
getting into the highest audible frequencies, 44.1 kHz representations of
them sound like shit, harsh & grating shit.  Once you get to 22.05 kHz,
this is what any waveform is going to be from a 44.1 kHz audio recording:
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
That's it.  Absolutely no detail at all.  It gets better the lower you go
from there, but that's why it sounds so bad.

Marc Poirier