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Red Black · 28th January 2012

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Originally Posted by ds11

Well it's not a sampled instrument. The sound produced is calculated in real time - models of an actual organ's output signals reproduced mathematically. I'm guessing the math is great but 44.1 just wasn't enough to capture it. Maybe 96 just allows capturing more of the information that the model provides.

I think the difference is far too great to attribute it simply to the sample rate . .

Quote:

Originally Posted by ds11

Maybe I'll try with an even greater sample rate. I know most people can't hear the difference between 96 and higher, but the difference between 44.1 and 96 usually isn't this much so maybe it'll be surprising.

Yeah, I really don't think this test is showing anything about quality of modelling at different sample rates but simply that there is something wrong with the modelled instrument that you used for the test . . . the second example seems to be missing a lot of the unique organ sound of the first example . .

Red Black · 28th January 2012

Here's another example of a mathematically modelled organ rendered at different sample rates . . . while there is certainly a perceivable difference in quality (you may have to download the WAVs to hear it) it's nothing remotely as dissimilar as ds11's examples . . .

http://soundcloud.com/redlodgemusic/modelled-organ-test-44-1khz

http://soundcloud.com/redlodgemusic/modelled-organ-test-96khz

View Poll Results: Hear a difference? Preference?
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Yes, there is a major difference. I prefer organ 2.	14	70.00%
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28th January 2012	#32
Red Black Manic Modulator Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 197	Here's another example of a mathematically modelled organ rendered at different sample rates . . . while there is certainly a perceivable difference in quality (you may have to download the WAVs to hear it) it's nothing remotely as dissimilar as ds11's examples . . . http://soundcloud.com/redlodgemusic/modelled-organ-test-44-1khz http://soundcloud.com/redlodgemusic/modelled-organ-test-96khz