my wavelab 6 supports max 384K pcm - that’s cool and i use it for high speed dubbing
the 11.2 has many new gimmicks but pcm is still at 384K - how comes?
nowadays 1536K converters exist already - how do i make such files for testing the converters?
the WL slogan says: High-end mastering and editing for digital distribution
soo, how does one reach high-end samplerate with it?
hehe, i’m really not sure if that sanken is enough - most likely, in most daily situations u67 would trump it .
as my takeaway of the high samplerates would be disabled filtering and oversampling of those chips - they allow it at these rates.
and a quick search revealed that reaper already supports 768 - it’s formidable how they manage to catch up and eventually outrun the dinosaurs of daw world yet pricing is so low compared.
It wouldn’t be a problem for WaveLab to support 768kHz or higher. It’s just a number that doesn’t change anything from WaveLab’s point of view, but it multiplies CPU consumption and significantly increases memory requirements (which can also cause slower rendering due to CPU caching issues).
If this has never been implemented, it’s because the benefits are not apparent. The higher the sampling rate, the slower the rendering workflows become. All this to process frequencies that are not audible to humans.
All the professionals I have spoken with, for whom time is precious (an hour of work in a studio has a price! ), are satisfied with 96kHz. It’s a pragmatic choice.
Rendering at 768kHz takes at least 8 times longer than at 96kHz. This is the first time that I think this topic is addressed on this forum, which reflects that very few users must be interested.