[quote author="bluebird"]
would it be better to use good plugins instead of outboard gear to avoid resampling? I've heard additive EQ with plug-ins is not the best idea.
And If I plan to do alot of "out of the box-back in to the box" recording should I use a higher sampling rate when recording the original material?
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That's relative to your converters, outboard gear, and plug-ins. I have yet to hear a plug-in that I like as much as my analog gear, so I do the same as you described... come out of digital, interface with outboard, and then back into digital. You gotta decide if the additional conversion stages are worth the trouble for using outboard. For me, it's not a problem at all. Pretty much a no-brainer, and I don't have the best converters by ANY stretch of the imagination (MOTU1224 DA, Tascam DM24 console AD). I'm at 24/44.1k, and feel fine about the quality of my work. Sure, better converters and a higher SR would be nice, but not immediately necessary. It's all about the big picture more so than the sum of the parts.
would it be better to use good plugins instead of outboard gear to avoid resampling? I've heard additive EQ with plug-ins is not the best idea.
And If I plan to do alot of "out of the box-back in to the box" recording should I use a higher sampling rate when recording the original material?
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That's relative to your converters, outboard gear, and plug-ins. I have yet to hear a plug-in that I like as much as my analog gear, so I do the same as you described... come out of digital, interface with outboard, and then back into digital. You gotta decide if the additional conversion stages are worth the trouble for using outboard. For me, it's not a problem at all. Pretty much a no-brainer, and I don't have the best converters by ANY stretch of the imagination (MOTU1224 DA, Tascam DM24 console AD). I'm at 24/44.1k, and feel fine about the quality of my work. Sure, better converters and a higher SR would be nice, but not immediately necessary. It's all about the big picture more so than the sum of the parts.