Manning1,

I respectfully will disagree with you about 'typical' user. I think I'm very typical in the home recordist world - at least when I compare notes with other users.

Here at PG Music, I may 'stick out' - but not in other home recordist forums.

All of the consumer-level magazines aimed at home recordists address this issue quite eloquently. Computer Music magazine, Beat magazine in Germany, Sound-on-Sound, Electronic Musician, you name it.

If users can't figure out that they shouldn't record all their tracks at 96 kHz, then they need to read up on their hobby.

Here's the problem, manning: Next year, or the year after or at least some time in the future, the hardware folks will tout 192 kHz recording as 'the only real way to do things' even for the home recordist. What kind of computer will handle that?

You've got to know the tools and the technology. If not, then pick a different hobby. It's really that simple.

-Scott

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