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Question: I read here that you record at 48khz 24-bit. I prefer 44.1khz 16-bit simply because the resulting files are smaller, but I'm wondering why you prefer higher sample rate and bit depth. Cheers
Asked by justout (31.37.8.x) on September 12 2025, 8:39am
Reply on September 12 2025, 1:26pm (edited at September 12 2025, 1:28pm):
    I record at 48khz and about 21-bit wavpack, which compresses pretty well (the low few bits of 24-bit are usually noisy enough that they don't compress). The nice thing about going more than 16 bits is you don't have to worry about making sure your preamp gain is just-right, you can always boost it later if it's a bit low without having the 16-bit noise floor come in to play.

    The slightly higher samplerate is handy in theory (but in practice doesn't matter to me), you can run filters up close to 20khz without them getting too squashed.

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  • Posted by wavpackcurious (104.28.98.x) on September 12 2025, 10:00pm:
    Interesting, could you please expand a bit on the 21 bit wavpack recording? Is there no difference compared to a regular wav?

  • Posted by Justin on September 13 2025, 1:21am:
    it's compressed, so usually smaller than regular wav, but since you have 20 or 21 significant bits, you get more dynamic range

  • Posted by Justin on September 13 2025, 1:21am:
    try it out!

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