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Mixdown Deck

Hello,

I have been playing with an Otari MX-5050 (MKII or III I don't recall off the top of my head) 2-track desk for my stereo mixes. So far I actually prefer my Tascam DA-30 MKII over this reel-to-reel. Is it my ears or do I have a deck that might be a lemon? I had it setup by a good tech and the heads are still in really good shape.

Mixing to CD

Hi, I did a search of the forums, but I couldn't find anything to help me out, so any advice would be appreciated.

I'm curious what are the pros & cons for mixing down straight to a CD-burner if I am recording in analog.

I record singer-songwriter type acoustic music on a Tascam 388, and when I do my mixes, I mix down to a stand-alone component CD-burner.

Dithering in Nuendo Help Please

If I track at 24 bit at 48k, is my sound quality on the final product going to be noticably better? If so, how do I get it to 16bit on the final mix. I have the Wavesuv22 (?) which I think is used to dither from 24 to 16, but I've never used it. Is it hard to get it dithered without getting artifacts such as pops and clicks that I've heard about?