Forgive me this may be out of line or incorrect. but wouldn't the interface your using also have an impact on how the samples are play'd back. especially if were talking about running some tests on specific samples to discern differences in them. If your wanting to get an accurate example.

As the sampling frequency to which an audio interface digital records and then plays back, is going to be determined by its sampling frequency and bit rate, yes?

I just read this thread from start to finish, and I have been reading a book on computer based production and it made reference to the interface. So i thought i would bring this up.

I guess my point is: that given the sampling frequency of any particular interface (may vary) perhaps not so much these days, when in play back mode, this will therefore vary the nature of the sample depending on what bit rate the sample is, and thus alter its quality?

forgive me if incorrect - just trying to understand all this".

edit* - this would only matter i guess if we were comparing samples on different systems from the same sample'.

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Last edited by Energy_3 on Sep-03-2009 at 22:32

in theory yes. a cr@p system will lower the quality of the samples your playing. nowadays most systems you work on will be at least 16bit at 44,100 sample rate. and thats not a bad setup by any means. but since the plan was to compare 2 samples side by side then both samples are in the same environment so one will still be noticably different.

the main factor in deciding the quality of 2 samples will be your monitoring enviroment. if you've got sh1t speakers or listening on headphones then you probably cant tell the difference between 24bit and16 anyway

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