Mastering Reason Mixes

[dullum]

Grettings, all.

My question involves Reason and what to do during mixdown to make for the best possible mastering.

In Reason, you have the option to mix down at 24/96, 16/44 or any comination therein (24/48, 16/96, etc.). Most of the samples I'm using are from the Reason sound bank CD--they are 16 bit. Question: Does it make sense to mixdown to 24/96, master with Waveplug-ins(This option works fine for me) only to render the final track back down to 16/44? Or should I stay in the 16/44 world throughout?

My guess, gathered from what I've read in this wonderful forum, is that I should mixdown from Reason at 24/44, master that track, and finally render to 16/44 for cd burning.

Am I right here? All input appreciated.

 

[joe lambert]

If your tracks are 24bit 96K then you should stay there. Then decimate down to 16/44.1 for the CD. This way you can spit out a higher bitrate CD later for release on different media. If you have been tracking at 24/44.1 stay at that so you don't have to do any decimation. Work at 24/44.1 even if you have 16bit files. This gives you more resolution for your EQ, compr., limiting and whatever else you might want to do.

 

[Pez]

I'm with Joe on this one. All your editing will sound better at the higher bit rate. Only go down to 16 bit at the end when you have to burn a CD.

 

[GentleG]

Hi

Definetly 24/44

The factory soundbank samples are 16bit
The Orkester soundbank samples are 24 bit (if I remember correctly)
and the internal processing (synths, fx, etc.) is 32 (or 24 can't remember)

Cheers