Ok, recently I've been ripping all my old tapes to 44.1 khz 16 bit WAV for CD burning. I've come across these higher quality formats and they've brought up some questions. -First, is it even possible to burn DVD-A or SACD discs? -What are their max resolutions so I would know what res to record at? -Is the difference in quality very noticable? I would have to spend a good amount of money for a dvd burner and good soundcard if I were to rip my music to these formats, so I just need to know this. Thanks!
No you can't burn an SACD but you can burn a DVD-A disc (it requires rather expensive software). There is no reason to record a Cassette Tape at anything highr than what the tape was recorded at itself. Unless you know how to remaster the entire work you won't be able to hear a difference. The best you can do is encode using a lossless format (such as FLAC and Monkeys Audio) if you want to maintain the sound quality of the tape. Audio encoders don't work miracles! Ced
Alright, thanks. I was just thinking that maybe you could capture more of the analog wave using a higher resolution. It probably wouldn't benefit me that much anyway since I don't have super high quality equipment. Edit: what I've been doing is using Audacity to record at 96000 hz 32 bit. Then I remove the tape hiss, listen to the recording, and do some equalization as I see fit, and export as 44.1khz 16 bit wav for cd burning. I just thought that maybe some of the quality is lost when you export it at lower resolution.
