44.1K is sufficient because you have to be a dog to hear frequencies this can’t represent. However, 48K is useful if you are producing video and DVDs.

24 bit for mixing because it gives more headroom.

Anything higher than those makes files needlessly large and you can’t hear the difference anyway.


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