Crew,
All set to perform bit format & sample rate conversions (in WaveLab) for CD pre-mastering...
& I ran across an old e-mail response from one of the tech brains at Cakewalk (I was about to upgrade to SONAR; & asked them some basic questions regarding 24/96 to 16/44.1 conversions.)
Up until I read this e-mail this evening, I was convinced I would perform the conversions in the digital domain...
but the Support Tech from Cakewalk suggested that...because of the interpolation artifacts that the (digital) process introduces (no matter whose sample rate converters are used)...it's actually better to output the 24/96 file as analog; & recapture at 16/44.1...that the results have less inherent noise.
So, I wanted to ask...
What's the consensus in the forum?
Who converts in the digital domain...who recaptures the analog file...
...what kinds of results do you get; & why.
Thanks very much,
Sincerely,
mark4man
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Mike, Thanks for the response...& I visted yoiur site. I'm in
Mike,
Thanks for the response...& I visted yoiur site. I'm in central Jersey. My compositions are various SONAR XL files (most of which are 16/44.1; & one at 24/96.) I wanted to use OasisCD as my replication house...but I wanted also to bring them a viable product.
How could you help me with the in-between step?
Thanks,
mark4man
you can email me at mike@turtletonestudio.com and i'm sure we ca
you can email me at mike@turtletonestudio.com and i'm sure we can hook you up.
When we were mastering Steely Dans "Two Against Nature" (mastere
When we were mastering Steely Dans "Two Against Nature" (mastered here by Scott Hull) the files came in as 24bit 96K. All the processing was done at that rate in the digital domain. After editing in Sonic Solutions HD, we came out digitally into the Prism AD2 and converted to 16 44.1 internally then went directly to 1630.
That record won 2 grammy's and is concidered one great sounding record.
In that situation after doing several tests that method was chosen as sounding the best. I would do a test with your digital against anolog and see what you like best.
Well, Joe, I'm impressed with both your gear and the CD itself.
Well, Joe, I'm impressed with both your gear and the CD itself. "Two Against Nature" was my favorite CD of that year, and I was oh so sure it had NO CHANCE at the Grammies.
You can imagine the hooting, cheering and hollering here at my house when I saw the damn thing win at the end of the show. (My son thought I was nuts, of course! :-) I think I laughed and smiled for about 20 minutes afterwards. Fagan & Becker on top again, after alllll those years. ("In your FACE, Flanders!" Whooohooo!! :-)
The mastering, while transparant to all the casual end-users, was in no small way part of the disc's sound and success.
depends on what kind of gear you have. there are a few high end
depends on what kind of gear you have. there are a few high end external SRC's out there that are excellent. As for software, Bararbach (sp) is pretty good. Most of the built in SRC's in applications aren't that good so an D/A/D option would be better if you have good converters.