Maybe my ears are too bad, maybe I'm deaf but, I can't really say that 24bit rates are better than 16bit rates. Yes, I hear a difference between them both but I can't really say which is better. From my feeling, I hear what I've played when listening to a 16bit recorded wave. Sometimes, if I'm listening to a 24bit wave I think I hear much more high frequency noise and low frequency flutter/jitter/sludge (don't know wether you understand me or not ).
So, I have to decide for my own what's better to handle. 16bit or 24bit, 44.1kHz or 96/192kHz, 10MB per one minute stereo sample or 30/60MB per one minute stereo sample. Well, you know my decision! Disc space is rare and expensive...


If I don't need more than 16bit rates then I don't have the problem to minimize the recording for a CD...
I don't wanna make it more complicated then it really is. Remember, in earlier days we only needed to push a record and a stop button...and the recording was made on tape...
Oh man, we lost sooo much comfort...

The thing is: I'm a musician and I want to play my instruments but I don't want to waiste my time in front of a computer screen. I made music with a computer more than 10 years now...I'm burned out!!!

Today I would really like to give it away. If anyone is ready to turn the knobs for me then I could change back to music again...*LOL*

10 years ago I still thought: "Cool! The music instrument market doesn't share the sucking policy of the other concerns!" Unfortunately things have changed! If I'm visiting my local music dealer then I'm always laughing because their drum center is so full with hardware that you can't really move through, their guitar center is so full that you need sun glases to not get blinded by the light reflections of sooo many beautiful guitars but...are you ready for this...their keyboard center is empty!!!
I don't see any keyboard there - only DJ mixers with up to 4 channels and CD scratching ability...*LOL*...and software packs for Windows or Mac OS...*LOL*

I think the time of new and innovative sounds has ended now. Who is creating new real oscillators and hardware filters? The time of synth emulations will soon be over because there won't be any new synths to get an emulation from.

Also, every PC studio production I've ever heard sounded weak and weird to me. So, it's natural for me (as a musician) that I refuse to use such LoFi stuff unless the song requires it. My K2000 is still able to overtrump modern synth emulations or softsynths because of its fantastic filters and oscillators. The result is always convincing...at least for me... [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/smile.gif[/img]

Oh, by the way, I know that there's a Kurzweil softsynth emulation for Windows but...haha...why should I try to get and run an emulation if I'm having the original here??? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/wink.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by Sheriff (edited 09-27-2005).]