Felix E. Martinez
300 Club - QQ All-Star
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I agree with you about not gaining anything by simply upsampling the source. But you absolutely get a benefit from all other aspects of your hi-res session - fader moves, EQ, panning, reverb/effects, etc.But resolution of the source format is not increased by this or any other method....it can't be done. What you're doing is avoiding adding possibly audible artifacts that could possibly lower the 'resolution'. And the main benefit is coming from the bit depth increase (16-->24) not the SR increase.
For example, just dealing with fader moves - using my project - a 16-bit (native) mixing session would provide 65,536 possible levels. At 24 you get 16,777,216 levels. Just a simple fade-out reveals a dramatic, smoother difference.
Now, if the King Crimson ADAT masters were 48/16 or 441/16 and SW brought them up to 96/24 or even 48/24, the entire 360 panning soundstage, placement of instruments, fader moves and EQ, reverb would benefit from the higher-res session rate.
Neil may correct me if I'm wrong.