[vorbis] 24/96 ?

[Nicola Larosa]

 > 96kHz is designed for mixing and destructive editing of samples -
 > it's needed to keep a low signal to noise ratio when doing lots
 > of alterations to some sound.

Looks like you have those swapped, it's the 24 bits that are useful for
processing and post-production, and that yield a lower S/N ratio.

<p> > Since the average human can't percieve tones higher than
 > ~20kHz, 44.1kHz are all you need.

This is an old story, having to do with the first non-oversampling DACs and
steep rippling analog filters. Suffice it to say that opinions are varied on
this matter.

<p> > The 96kHz are useful if you mix and master music - and that's not
 > where Ogg is useful.

Again, that's what the 24 bits are for.

<p> > Besides, 96kHz encoded files would still be huge. If low-end soundcards
 > support that, it's more about baiting customers with buzzy features
 > they'll never need.

Agreed, it isn't likely that 24/96 makes any difference in non-state of

the art equipment.

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