Listening to the details with Jack Joseph Puig 

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mm yes the tubes really bring out the youtube audio file compression

When I saw that hat I knew he was going to say he can hear the differences between 48 and 41.

I mean you're playing a loop in protools at least try to play the same loop back to back. it's like 1999 over there.

at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffffff

I remember telling some friends about 12 years ago that I could hear dramatic differences between sample rates and they thought I was fooling myself. (plus I have some hearing issues in one ear) Critical listening is so important. Great video JJP !!

I’ve learned to not underestimate what Jack is conveying. I made huge strides of improvement from one of his passing comments.

Man, I'm so tired of people arguing that you cannot hear those things... thank you for lending your weight to the truth.

The tube has less dynamic range, it is more compressed, that is why you hear it more on the low end of the volume. You do know that we are hearing it now on digital and it isn't even WAV level digital.

He got more hardware than how many plugins I've got

Boss is back..always pleased to learn from the maestro...

I really respect JJP's work, but that last statement is a testament of what's wrong with the recording industry. Many of those guys who started out in the days of tape seem to lack a very basic understanding of how digital audio works. Maybe he can hear a difference between different sample rates, but that would just indicate a problem regarding the converters. BTW: This is why I respect Bob Clearmountain so much. Even though he has been in this business for so long, he has always stayed up to date and is very well informed. In my opinion, it's his "no bullshit approach" that makes him seem so humble. I'm sick of all this esoteric myths that have been hovering around for way to long.

Although I tend to go 48, it is true what you say about 44, it has some lo fi value that makes things musical. Or is it maybe because we got used to it in the late 80´s 90´s ?. In any caseI agree. I use 96 for high profile sound libraries, classical or soundtrack things, or for vital transfers of old tapes.

Love the Studio 🎙️ layout

Yes, 44.1 is definitely more musical than 48 on my phone's speakers when I listen to autostream quality Spotify...

absolute gold!

Those shoes are AMAZING!!!

Awesome great music. So sound great audio

What if I make the recording at 44.1 kHz and the whole mix I bounce it at 48, is it wrong? I haven't done it, but I want to know what would happen.

He’s not wrong but it takes years and a Patience to hear subtleties that can be huge if accumulated over many tracks.

Newby engineer question: If a CD is at 16 bit 44.1 hz, is it beneficial to record at 96k? I run a UA Apollo Quad...would it be beneficial to run a separate clock such as an apogee Big Ben?

Snake oil in my opinion. 96k , 88.2. Sure ;)

Short but quite informative and educative. thanks guys for putting this out. Thanks JJp love you

i dont know why you rarely see any videos that focus on critical listening skills and how to hear the difference. Mostly you are left to your own devices and discover by accident the differences.

I'll admit that I can't hear the differences of the various sample rates. I"m listening here on a pair of Kali LP6's so I could hear the differences between the Neve and the API but it's so subtle that I think it wouldn't matter. All the basic listener knows is whether or not they like it. Thanks for the video though. I'm looking forward to more with JJP.

Sometimes, music preference has to do with how sound rings in your skull; that's why everyone's musical tastes differ so widely.

Thank You!

SO TRUE! I always have problems with 48 KHZ!

I hear a MASSIVE difference in plugins at 96k vs 48k so I stick with 96k. My outboard seems to like it better too

Plot-twist: it’s one and the same audio-chain all along.

Ayyyy Dope. JJP.

LOL,wtf was that?))

I like these videos

I really respect and like JJP, but I also hope he gets some therapy very soon.

listening is key, yes

Absolutly right!

Tube is "goodbye snare transients". API for a lifetime for funk rock.cAnd Neve for the Grit & Thick of course. Personally I only use tubes only sometimes on some jazz or soundtrackish stuff.

That last minute was even more cringey than the first five :D

I always want him to have Alan rickman’s voice

the red shoes tho...

When he was starting speaking about sample rates, he lost all the appreciation I had for him. I highly doubt that anyone could recognize different sample rates in a blind test.

The epitome of Mr. Golden Ear.

Sometimes JJP, things sound different, and not necessarily "better."

I have a track that needs to get mixed. Is anyone here who wants to give it a try?

As a former subscriber to MWTM I can tell you all of the JJP videos are gems.

The only way to truly hear the difference would be sitting in the studio with Jack, or MWTM have the files available to download and listen in our own studio environment as Warren does at Produce like a Pro. I agree about listening to what hardware analog is doing, that is why there are so many shootout videos of hardware vs software. I had an opportunity to trial a pultec clone DA/AD was the UA2192 and did a comparison with the UA pultec DSP-1 card. Both sounded identical except for the levels. To hear the changes the UA EQ +4, the pultec clone +1.5. So the pultec clone level output had little change only here and there, whereas the software UA pultec had increased level output. BTW this was 12 years ago, software plugins are way better now than back then at emulating perceived detail. But my understanding was, if you did this over 40-60 tracks in the software there would be an accumulation of level increase as apposed to the analog. So what is always relevant regardless is "perceived detail" without minimal increased level. Then the final Master bus will not need to be crushed, limited hard to have that "perceived loudness" to do that all you are doing is just turning up the volume level.

My Neve hate 96Khz. She refuses it to sum

So much of what and how people hear is psychological and void of fact. The 48k thing is hilarious. I guarantee in a completely blind test he could not tell the difference. I would bet my life on it.

He took all the wrong pills here.

was that too hard to loop a 1 bar without the fill, so distracting

On a blind test, no one can tell the difference between these examples 😂✌🏽

I am so glad to hear that JJP does not like 48khz. I thought I was missing something. I much prefer 44.1, sometimes less is more, like a 16 bit sampler, or recording in 16 bit verses 24, or 32 bit float, sometimes that punch and clarity and natural compressed sound comes out with 16bit. Tonally 48khz has always sounded a bit too much smiley face eq, too sugary and fizzily on the top end and too muddy in the low end, in relative broad terms.

I'm sceptical about the 48k comment. However he's the one doing it for a living. Be interesting to see a double blind test on that though...

I liked this video because I have almost maximum respect and admiration for JJP and always enjoy his insight and talks... BUT: -the way in which those really very pushed & saturated examples were being played by his assistant (I presume?) was very distracting and painfully unprofessional, almost as painful as that lapel mic hand slap smashing through my headphones. A smooth back to back loop of the same section should not be such a voodoo achievement, nowadays! -the sample rate part frankly goes off into very personal myth and bias and habit, rather than making actual technical sense, for a hundred various technical & logical reasons. Plus the perhaps more esoteric fact that those walls of gear all around him with their reflective surfaces and the heat they let out in the air probably contribute more changes to what one hears in that room than switching between 44.1 and 48 kHz ever could. Or should. BTW even the dogs seemed to loudly disagree in the background! 😂 However, the shoes were top notch. Like Satan himself, mixing your record. At whatever sample rate he sees fit. 😈😉

Worst MWTM video so far, for sure.

Interesting comments at the end about 44,1k, 48k, etc. I always preferred 44,1k too, working as an engineer for more than 15 years. Analog tape is a different discussion and game though.

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He is right. I play the same record on different sample rates and he's absolutely right! 96k sounds like a natural, rich and full. 88.2 starts to be a little bit bland in top end but still not bad. With 48k I hear much digital top end, very harsh and kind of dry sound and 44.1k seems like a little bit LPF 96k but definitely in a good way. Not so much harsh and digital top end like in 48k. And I can definitely hear that just playing my favourite tracks from Spotify which imo should be a reference tracks. To be honest I really didn't care too much for all those years. People who teach me the most about recording and mixing have their interfaces setup at 24bit/96k and about 256 buffer size samples so I use it since day one in my case, but Jack made me curious to check that in my particular case and I agree 100%. And 96k always works for me perfectly too. Maybe some converters gives you different and some not but I definitely agree with Jack in that case. For mr 96k, 88.2 44.1 and last and worse 48k. Placebo or not I have very similar feelings.

Love and respect his opinion, but at the same time he seems like he spends 20 minutes trying to pick the right spoon every morning before eating his cereal

Those shoes, yeesh

This is the stuff that people need more of, but too many men will die before telling all their secrets. But why??

Just for anyone starting out - you don't need no Neve, nor API, nor tubes. Record at 48khz and focus on the music. Everything else is pure bullshit and snake oil.

I bet he couldn't tell the difference between 44.1, 48 kHz and even 96 in a blindest.

nop... sorry but no diference to me

Dude needs a bigger room lol!

The fuck was that

This dude can't push his own start and stop button. Need an assistant for that? Pathetic.

This is silly

JJP is a wizerd