Originally Posted By: MovingAir
Upgrading to a 24/48 standard would be fantastic. It won't change what's already been recorded at 16/41.1, but at least it would be something.
24-bit would definitely get the tracks more dynamic room, which is super important on the jazz and bluegrass tracks.
But upping the bitrate to at least 48k would make all the pitch/time shifting function so much better. More samples = potentially fewer artifacts when transposing or time stretching the tracks.

So either change would be a HUGE step in improving BIAB. However, it would also really only affect the Audiophile users. (Can you even make a 24/48 mp3?) And I'm guessing that's such a small nitch of their users - plus it would exponentially expand the size of the files required - that they probably don't think it's a cost-effective idea.
But it would greatly improve the audio quality of their product.

Catch-22.


Moving Air, The difference in quality between 44.1K and 48K is realistically so small as to be difficult to be noticed. The reason why both exist is because each is part of two somewhat competing audio standards, one for film and one for audio. 48K is part of a motion picture standard for audio paired with video while 44.1K is part of the audio compact disc standard originally created by Sony and Phillips. So when it's appropriate to use 44.1K versus 48K kind of depends on where the audio is destined to end up; in a video or strictly audio project.

Many forum members post music videos while others create audio streams and CDs so there really is no correct answer now. However since most audio content, loops for example, is still packaged for audio use the 44.1K sample rate seems more common than 48K.

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