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48kHz: The Correct Sample Rate
Sam recently made a post explaining how higher sample rates (88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz, etc.) are not better and arguably more problematic than lower sample rates. So if bigger isn’t better, where’s the sweet spot? The answer is 48k. Here’s why.
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Parallel Compression on Drums
Nasty, aggressive compression is the secret weapon behind a lot of great drum sounds. There’s something about heavy gain reduction - and all the un-subtle coloration that comes with it - that can really bring a drum part to life. These tricks shine in parallel, allowing us to get the best of both ugly and clean drum sounds. Think of it as a sonic mullet: business in front, party in the back.
Art, Technology, AI
Creativity is about the removal of inhibition, fear, social anxiety, doubt, about creating and sharing something authentically yours. While AI might help as a medium for expression for some people that did not have access to that medium before, this opening of the gates is also used by people to signify talent through things that were once authentically someone else’s, or by the insecure, to remove all trace of self from communication and creation as a crux for anxiety. Pros and cons. People are people.
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18 May 2026
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48kHz: The Correct Sample Rate
Sam recently made a post explaining how higher sample rates (88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz, etc.) are not better and arguably more problematic than lower sample rates. So if bigger isn’t better, where’s the sweet spot? The answer is 48k. Here’s why.
Community
Parallel Compression on Drums
Nasty, aggressive compression is the secret weapon behind a lot of great drum sounds. There’s something about heavy gain reduction - and all the un-subtle coloration that comes with it - that can really bring a drum part to life. These tricks shine in parallel, allowing us to get the best of both ugly and clean drum sounds. Think of it as a sonic mullet: business in front, party in the back.
Community
Art, Technology, AI
Creativity is about the removal of inhibition, fear, social anxiety, doubt, about creating and sharing something authentically yours. While AI might help as a medium for expression for some people that did not have access to that medium before, this opening of the gates is also used by people to signify talent through things that were once authentically someone else’s, or by the insecure, to remove all trace of self from communication and creation as a crux for anxiety. Pros and cons. People are people.
