Dance music production

[deltaforce]

HELLO for dance music production what config proyect it's recomendate ???

96000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

48000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

44100 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

what is the used resolution but at the moment for dance music , electro house , house etc.... ?

[Karloff70]

I think you'll find any of those will do you nicely for the task......more to do with what you do within that frame........all to do with in fact, as probably some of your favourite stuff isn't even 24bit......

[Mark1353]

Originally Posted by deltaforce

HELLO for dance music production what config proyect it's recomendate ???

96000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

48000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

44100 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

what is the used resolution but at the moment for dance music , electro house , house etc.... ?

Just make some music ITB and switch the project between 96k a 44.1k and you should hear a drastic change in sound quality... I use 96k. Just sounds so much better. Fatter and more clear.

[Lagerfeldt]

Originally Posted by deltaforce

96000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

48000 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

44100 khz - 24 bits / 32 float

44.1 kHz 24 bits is fine. Never deliver a 32 bit float file for mastering.

Going above 44.1 kHz might actually sound worse in some cases as many sample based instruments do real time SRC "behind the scenes" and end up sounding worse. Some other plug-ins do not process audio well at high sample rates and end up sounding worse too.

[Mark1353]

But if the song is made in 24-bit 96k. Shouldn't the mastering engineer handle conversion and dither.. Because, as you know, dither can affect sound quality.

When making actual music I would keep everything 96k because the difference is huge imho. If there are some drawbacks the benefits surely overcome them...

[807Recordings]

Originally Posted by Lagerfeldt

44.1 kHz 24 bits is fine. Never deliver a 32 bit float file for mastering.

Going above 44.1 kHz might actually sound worse in some cases as many sample based instruments do real time SRC "behind the scenes" and end up sounding worse. Some other plug-ins do not process audio well at high sample rates and end up sounding worse too.

Always work at 96K 24bit and send that to cut lacquers or half inch stereo tape at 30ips with all analog gear.

Funny I find Kontakt and the MPC sound much better at 96KHz?

[Lagerfeldt]

Originally Posted by Mark1353

But if the song is made in 24-bit 96k. Shouldn't the mastering engineer handle conversion and dither..

Yes.

Originally Posted by 807Recordings

Funny I find Kontakt and the MPC sound much better at 96KHz?

Then use 96 kHz if that's what you find.

[Strobian]

I use 24bit 44.1 currently. 95% of vinyl records were cut at 16bit 44.1, so it can sound good. Drastic differences, not really. I dont think people care that much, especially in clubs, its just guys like us .

[Lagerfeldt]

Yup

[bcgood]

16/44

No dither necessary.

Plug and soft synth friendly.

Now go make music!

[Lagerfeldt]

Dither is necessary if you're delivering a 16 bit file, since this would usually mean you're delivering the final mastered song. Not using dither could mean some nasty truncation noise, however it might not be very audible on a dance track.

If you want to deliver a mix for mastering then use 24 bits 44.1 kHz with flat dither or no dither (not very important with 24 bits).

When all is said and done, what Karloff70 said in the first reply is absolutely true. All this matters less than 0.0001% if your music and mix isn't up to scratch.

[lowkey]

24bit 44.1k here.

[kri]

32 bit float / 44 here

[DominicWyeth]

a bit here
a bit there
a little bit more here

ahh as long as it sounds nice ay

back to mastering......

[Bob Yordan]

Hiya

I always use 44,1k 24bit on my own projects.

But I have spent a lot of time doing mastering tests with my plugs at 44,1k 16bit,
because I think that there is more of a challenge in getting that to sound good.

[djmhiratzka]

24, 44.1

I used to work in Cubase at 32 float, and I liked the sound but I think that was also a product of the summing algorithm. As a remixer working in Logic and PT it's a pain to get 32 float stems, I have to request them to be re-bounced at 24 because I can't open them.

[Storyville]

ok, not really, but floating volume points lead to deceptive amounts of headroom. It sounds so good in Fruity Loops, and when its exported... hey, why does this sound peaked to hell? OH... cause no mediums really use 32 float outside of DAWs.