Sample Rate - Solid State Logic SSL 2+ MKII User Manual

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into your SSL 2+ MKII, put it through a guitar amp simulator plug-in (like
Native Instruments Guitar Rig Player) and then monitor that 'affected' sound
whilst you record, instead of just listening to the 'dry' input signal.

Sample Rate

What is meant by Sample Rate?
All musical signals coming into and out of your SSL 2+ MKII USB audio
interface need to be converted between analogue and digital. Sample rate
is a measure of how many 'snapshots' are taken to build a digital 'picture' of
an analogue source being captured into the computer, or deconstruct a
digital picture of an audio track to play back out of your monitors or
headphones.
The most common sample rate that your DAW will default to is 44.1 kHz,
which means that the analogue signal is being sampled 44,100 times per
second. SSL 2 MKII supports all major sample rates including 44.1 kHz, 48
kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz.
Do I need to change the Sample Rate?
The pros and cons of using higher sample rates are beyond the scope of
this User Guide but in general, the most common sample rates of 44.1 kHz
and 48 kHz are still what many people choose to produce music at, so this
is the best place to start.
One reason to consider increasing the sample rate you work at (e.g. to 96
kHz) is that it will lower the overall latency introduced by your system, which
could be handy if you need to monitor guitar amp simulator plug-ins or lots
or virtual instruments through your DAW. However, the trade-off of recording
at higher sample rates is that it requires more data to be recorded onto the
computer, so this results in much more hard-drive space being taken up by
the Audio Files folder of your project.
How do I change the Sample Rate?
You do this in your DAW. Some DAW's allow you to change the sample rate
after you have created a session - Ableton Live Lite for instance allows this.
Some require you to set the sample rate at the point at which you create the
session, like Pro Tools.
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