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Fun fact: Anything above 44.1khz / 16bit is just dumb for playback. Anyone who tries to convince you otherwise doesn't understand digital/audio conversion or the human ear.
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No. It's 100% true. 44.1khz converts too 22,000hz signal, which exceeds the range of the human ear. Upper order harmonics do not change the sound. Anyone who claims otherwise must have magical ears.
You may need higher sample rates when mixing because of the calculations involved when applying effects. The mix is then down sampled and dithered.
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@Humpleupagus @Xenophon @charlie_root I don't know shit about audio but I'm pretty sure this is a shitpost
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@Humpleupagus @Zerglingman @charlie_root @Xenophon There's an extremely high chance your hearing gets fucked as soon as you enter your late teens, not being able to hear anything above ~17KHz (±1KHz) is both normal and extremely common. Even if it doesn't happen immediately it's gonna happen by your mid 20s, no adult on earth can hear 20KHz.
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@Xeraser
Just tested this with a tone generator. I can't quite hear 21KHz, but I can feel it in my head. Blind test with a friends help 100% 27 rounds.
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How low can you go? Watching a speaker at 30hz is kinda cool. If it can handle it, you can make your house shake too.
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@BiggusDiccus @Humpleupagus @Xenophon @Zerglingman @charlie_root You can sometimes "feel" frequencies but not hear them eg sub-bass (20-70hz) and more commonly the headache-inducing 18-20KHz range. It's not really relevant for music, there isn't a single instrument on earth whose harmonics were designed to ring that high.
No, the waterphone isn't an instrument, it's a torture device.
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Low frequencies give me heartburn, literally. If I play bass without solo, I'm spitting acid.
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Also, high frequencies not only induce headaches, they can also give you ear fatigue if you mix too long. I tend to low pass the master because of this..
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She's the master. Duck and weave.
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@Humpleupagus @charlie_root @Zerglingman @Xenophon @BiggusDiccus @Xeraser Humps talking about his Wife again
>induce headaches, they can also give you ear fatigue
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@Humpleupagus @charlie_root @Zerglingman @Xenophon @BiggusDiccus It also depends on your headphones
If you're a normal human being and you get headaches from treble-heavy music then avoid beyerdynamics like the plague
actually just avoid them period
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I have akg k701s, but I usually mix A/Bing yamaha hs8s and krk v6s.
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@Humpleupagus @charlie_root @Zerglingman @Xenophon @BiggusDiccus I had 4 pairs of 701s and returned all of them, none of the cups were matched. I used AD900s non-X for a long time but I ended up trading them with a friend's A900Xs because I realized that mixing on headphones is mostly a waste of time in my case and KSC75s will do just fine. I have my sights set on <400€ planars but that's already well into meme territory as far as I'm concerned.
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@Humpleupagus
I don't have a speaker that can do ifrasound right. It's on my diy list tho.
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