I know the whole sample rate debate is severely overblown. It's quite possible that, in all practicality, this situation is a nonissue.
I just want to clear up a few concerns so that I can make a confident and educated decision and lay uncertainty to rest.
Spotify always converts to WAV 44.1 kHz, so I'm highly inclined to record and bounce at that sample rate...
However, my concern with 44.1 kHz is the issue of anti-aliasing, that 44.1 kHz might be sonically subpar (whether that means distortion on the song when played back at lower quality formats or maybe loss of very high-end frequency content in the song, I'm not entirely sure) to 48. I also read a post David made talking about how the pros work at 48 kHz, and the hits that play on the radio are at 48. I don't want to record and bounce at 44.1 kHz only to find 48 would've put me on par fidelity-wise with professional releases (assuming the much more important aspects of music making--production, recording, mixing, mastering--were on par as well).
Based on what David said and other good things I'm reading about 48 kHz (such as it's useful if you ever have your song on TV/in a movie), I figure I'll record/bounce at 48 to be safe...
However, I'm reading that SRC and downsampling is often less than ideal, and can result in loss of audio fidelity, especially without expensive equipment and converters.
Is this SRC and downsampling concern of mine a nonissue, and I should just bounce down to 44.1 (from recording/working at 48) when I export my WAV from Logic?
Or does recording at 48 kHz really not provide sufficient fidelity-related improvement to justify itself, and I should just record at 44.1 to avoid the potential problems of SRC?
Thanks to anyone for any input.