Who has more than 15 dsp ?
i do not agree with you though. Applying effects on a sharper signal (with more details), will lead to a result that will be more. ALthough you reduce the samplerate at the end, the basis remains more precise. You will take into account more details. If i exgerate, let's say a wave sound registered with affects at 96 khz, the 44,1 khz final sound will have more details than the same operation remaining at 44,1. BEcause some details of the effects have been registered ! At 44,1 khz, for sure you lose a host of details at the very beginning. Those details won't be created ! Of course if the original sound (synth for e.g.) has a 44,1 khz samplerate, it is useless to use a 48khz samplerate. Would you ear the difference after all? We all know that it depends on the entire process... good converters, good effects, etc... so you are right : there is not a huge difference. But if you apply a lot of affects, that drastically changes the result...
as you said, the (quality) difference between 44.1 and 48k is so small that the re-sampling outweighs it for sure, unless you use an extremely sophisticated resampling program - or one that takes ages for the job 
on 96k it's a different story - (imho) it's not the 'more detailed' presentation of sound, but the absence of aliasing products that makes it more transparent in the end.
btw reverbs lack highs anyway, as an environment of pure metal and glass (to be able to 'reflect' these frequencies) is highly unusual
On the other hand not all aliasing is bad by default - a Linndrum is 28khz 8bit and supplies most of the drum sounds on Miles Davis' Tutu record, an Emu1200 and MPC60 are still highly sought and a TX802 with 14bit converters smokes it's digital remake regarding 'full' sound..., but my all-time-favourite is the fake Theremin on Air's Kelly Watch the Stars (a Casio SK1)
imho a careful choice of sources (and their mixture) is all that's needed for a good sound - but you knew that anyway
cheers, tom
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: astroman on 2006-09-22 01:14 ]</font>
on 96k it's a different story - (imho) it's not the 'more detailed' presentation of sound, but the absence of aliasing products that makes it more transparent in the end.
btw reverbs lack highs anyway, as an environment of pure metal and glass (to be able to 'reflect' these frequencies) is highly unusual
On the other hand not all aliasing is bad by default - a Linndrum is 28khz 8bit and supplies most of the drum sounds on Miles Davis' Tutu record, an Emu1200 and MPC60 are still highly sought and a TX802 with 14bit converters smokes it's digital remake regarding 'full' sound..., but my all-time-favourite is the fake Theremin on Air's Kelly Watch the Stars (a Casio SK1)
imho a careful choice of sources (and their mixture) is all that's needed for a good sound - but you knew that anyway
cheers, tom
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: astroman on 2006-09-22 01:14 ]</font>