You're using ASIO4ALL? 

mleghorn

I don't know if my ears are that good. I figure that 96 khz is around for a reason, especially since people are paying for it.

Working with 96kHz is advisable for the same reason that working with the highest resolution images possible in Photoshop is. While it's true that the finished product is going to be distributed and experienced in a much lower resolution, processing and mixing will be more accurate, especially if you're time-stretching or pitch-shifting. Why do photographers whose work is going to end up as a .jpg on the web process their photos at the highest possible resolution in RAW?

daveny5


You're using ASIO4ALL? 

To quote my original post:  I'm currently using the generic USB audio out interface (with ASIO4ALL)

sharke

mleghorn

I don't know if my ears are that good. I figure that 96 khz is around for a reason, especially since people are paying for it.

Working with 96kHz is advisable for the same reason that working with the highest resolution images possible in Photoshop is. While it's true that the finished product is going to be distributed and experienced in a much lower resolution, processing and mixing will be more accurate, especially if you're time-stretching or pitch-shifting. Why do photographers whose work is going to end up as a .jpg on the web process their photos at the highest possible resolution in RAW?

And you got that from where?.


There is no analogy. It simply doesn't work that way. All high sample rates do is increase bandwidth.  

If I'm reading right, you need a USB interface w/ SPdif out, capable of 24/96 out.  I imagine there are a ton of them, all the way from the Hilo Lynx (which you would want to use their headphone out, I imagine).  Browsing Sweetwater, the lowest priced spdif output interface I saw that I would trust was the Roland Quad Capture.  That is about a 10th of the Lynx price ($250).  There are plenty of choices inbetween.
Also, for the sake of the OP, lets not turn this one into a sample rate thread.  The man wants to work at 96 rate.
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I'm currently using the generic USB audio out interface (with ASIO4ALL)

What exactly is that? USB is not an audio out, its a serial communications port. What do you have plugged into it? 

daveny5

I'm currently using the generic USB audio out interface (with ASIO4ALL)

What exactly is that? USB is not an audio out, its a serial communications port. What do you have plugged into it? 

I have a USB connection from my computer to the DAC in my headphone amp. Sonar recognizes the driver for it. I think it's called "Generic USB Audio Out" (or something like that). Take any audio device that has a USB input, plug it into a Windows 7 computer, and Windows will use the same USB Audio Out" to "talk" to the audio device. Windows sends digital to the device, and the device usually has a DAC to convert it to audio. The Behringer UCA222 works exactly as my headphone DAC/AMP, i.e. I can plug the UCA222 into my computer USB, and Sonar doesn't care -- to Sonar, it's a USB audio device that uses the generic driver. I hope that makes sense. I know that my explanation is a bit long, and people tend to read ever third word, so I'm bracing myself for more cross-examination.

AT


If I'm reading right, you need a USB interface w/ SPdif out, capable of 24/96 out.  I imagine there are a ton of them, all the way from the Hilo Lynx (which you would want to use their headphone out, I imagine).  Browsing Sweetwater, the lowest priced spdif output interface I saw that I would trust was the Roland Quad Capture.  That is about a 10th of the Lynx price ($250).  There are plenty of choices inbetween.
Also, for the sake of the OP, lets not turn this one into a sample rate thread.  The man wants to work at 96 rate.
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Yes, that's what I want. Thanks for the recommendation. 

Is Tascam stuff trustworthy? They make cheaper USB units that are 96hz.

  Tascam has a reputation for sub-par drivers. Also if you are looking to update to Win 8 when it comes out I would go with the Roland. They have been very reliable with new drivers.