This may be lame question but I'm learning and sorting out some questions. I need to hear why some of you choose to use a digital compressor like the Weiss DS1 over something like the STC-8? Reviews on the DS1 are all wonderful but aside from this...

installed the new software last week and it's amazing.

M/S or split L/R with peak/RMS variable selections on each channel. the list is to long, but it's an amazing upgrade.

Ok, I've had Saracon for the mac about 3 weeks now. Playing around with it. Sounds really good. Workflow is pretty straight forward. Select the files, select the processing, select the destination and hit convert. You can alter the buffers to work faster (more CPU) or tailor it to work more in the background. There are two versions available, lite and full.

Exciting news.

http://www.weiss.ch/p2d/p2d.html

SARACON - sampling rate conversion software for Windows ®
for PCM and DSD

Finally - the last Sampling Rate Converter you may ever need: SARACON from Weiss.

All you high-end mastering guru's -

Which box do you prefer the Weiss or the Z-Systems? I was looking at using Algorithmix linear EQs (and still might) but if I were to go external, I'm looking for something as smooth as a baby's arse and user friendly.

I just ordered the new Weiss dynamic eq update. It allows you to assign 4 bands of eq to be dynamic eqs. Has anyone used this yet? The update works only in the MK2 mode and not in the linear phase mode but Daniel said he's checking into seeing if it can operate in all three modes.