This is literally a machine made to create lossy audio converting to 12bit 26k with the rest of the 16bit 48k being lost
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haha I knew somebody might say it, but essentially itâs an optional bit crushing effect. I still stand by the principle.
Please donât turn this into an analog vs digital thread, cause with such a statement we are almost there. 
edit: to me 12 bit has a good character, while mp3 sucks. Maybe not so much for a mastered song, but when using mp3 as a source⌠
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Iâm kinda tired of going into forums and seeing someone tell everyone else how anotherâs idea is âwrongâ or âthis device wasnât meant for thatâ or âLossy doesnât mix with music productionâŚâ
You are more than welcome to say it isnât something YOU like in YOUR music.
But please donât define how other people should or shouldnât form their own music production.
If everyone listened to people talking like that, these samplers would never have been used in the interesting weird ways that are now the norm.
No one would have sampled loops and chopped up breaks, filtered out highs to isolate a bassline, create chops of vocal samples or, yes, created lossy-sounding recordings like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher or anything different.
I say let people cook how they want to cook. You of course could simply not use mp3s in your own projects.
Hey hey. Didnât mean to upset the opinion police.
In an age of abundant cheap storage, whereâs the sense in using mp3âs (designed to save memory when it was expensive) for music production or even listening unless you canât source a better copy. For all intents and purposes the format is obsolete, I want my audio how it left the recording studio. (Iâm not here to flog a dead horse and argue about audible differences).
Of course, thatâs my opinion and Iâm entitled to it, and I accept that not everyone will agree. I thought that was a given on public forums.
I never said there are rules but technically there are best practices, and in my opinion sourcing the best quality sounds is one.
As for the idea that having a preference for quality source material is somehow equivalent to stifling creativity, well thatâs just a strawman you made up in your head. Doesnât relate to anything I said, I didnât tell anyone they were wrong or not to do anything.
Happy cookin
Of course, yes. You touched on a pet peeve of mine and my reply wasnât meant to dismiss what you said so heavily, but when someone writes âLossy audio and music production donât mixâ itâs being presented as fact set in stone, not opinion.
I see people on forums get landed on for usage that differs from typical expected norms, bums me out.