Afraid not, no. The DJM400 doesn't have a digital output, so its internal sampling rate/resolution are irrelevant. Also, your card doesn't have a digital input. Audio will be resampled by the card from its analogue input at upto 16 bit/48kHz (dependent on software settings).

If you had a mixer with a digital output (at 24 bit/96kHz) and a soundcard with a digital in that supported at least 24 bit/96kHz then you would be able to record in better quality. However, for burning to CD the audio would still need to be downsampled to 16 bit/44.1kHz, so the only benefit you'd get would be being able to do any edits/processing while it was at a greater resolution/sample rate and only bouncing down to 16 bit/44.1kHz when this had been done, allowing you to minimise any loss of quality caused by processing.

Andy

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Originally posted by andydavey Afraid not, no. The DJM400 doesn't have a digital output, so its internal sampling rate/resolution are irrelevant. Also, your card doesn't have a digital input. Audio will be resampled by the card from its analogue input at upto 16 bit/48kHz (dependent on software settings). If you had a mixer with a digital output (at 24 bit/96kHz) and a soundcard with a digital in that supported at least 24 bit/96kHz then you would be able to record in better quality. However, for burning to CD the audio would still need to be downsampled to 16 bit/44.1kHz, so the only benefit you'd get would be being able to do any edits/processing while it was at a greater resolution/sample rate and only bouncing down to 16 bit/44.1kHz when this had been done, allowing you to minimise any loss of quality caused by processing. Andy

Yeah, I didn't think so. Anyways, my mixes sound good enough...that's important. I should perhaps concentrate more on levels and of course mixing seamlessly...

You look like American Psycho Christian Bale.

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Originally posted by andydavey Afraid not, no. The DJM400 doesn't have a digital output, so its internal sampling rate/resolution are irrelevant. Also, your card doesn't have a digital input. Audio will be resampled by the card from its analogue input at upto 16 bit/48kHz (dependent on software settings). If you had a mixer with a digital output (at 24 bit/96kHz) and a soundcard with a digital in that supported at least 24 bit/96kHz then you would be able to record in better quality. However, for burning to CD the audio would still need to be downsampled to 16 bit/44.1kHz, so the only benefit you'd get would be being able to do any edits/processing while it was at a greater resolution/sample rate and only bouncing down to 16 bit/44.1kHz when this had been done, allowing you to minimise any loss of quality caused by processing. Andy

By the way, I should probably upgrade to a better soundcard anyways to hear music in fuller fidelity, right?

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Andy Davey - Concept 93 (Deep house/techno mix)

EDIT: problem solved!

Last edited by Yoshi on Jan-31-2007 at 17:28