Recently the blogosphere has been buzzing again about sample rate and bit depth. For me there are only a few people who manage to make concise clarifications on the topic, please have a read:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/02/sound-smart-watch-this-excellent-primer-on-digital-audio/

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

Personally, I’m still looking for is a clear explanation of the benefit gained from higher sample rates and plugin processing. Accumulation errors are taking place, that’s a fact, so what are the real world implications?

For now, I’m sticking with 48k, 32 float wherever possible.

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