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Originally Posted by kurtr2  thanks again Bob and everyone, i appreciate your consideration. i will scale back the L2 as much as i can, and print with and without. i am also printing to DSD just cause i can with the DVRA1000hd. i like the way it sounds, somehow more engaging.
will you permit one more question? i am using R8brain for SRC and Ozone 3 for dither. i chose those only because of recommendations here on the board. i am so nervous about those two processes because my 96, 24 mixes sound really good and i hate the thought of losing the magic they have. it never seems to turn out right when i do it. i guess i need to do a methodical testing to see what my preferred method is.
i am astounded there isnt a consumer format for 24 bits and a higher sampling rate. but that is for another discussion.
thank you!
kurt |
I don't know Ozone but R8Brain as SRC is first rate. If your 9624 mixes sound first rate and you are hearing meaningful degradation when reducing to 4416 with R8Brain and Ozone, I suspect you may have reached the limits of the technology! I'd have to hear your original and your results as would anyone to be objective about what you are talking. There are losses going to 4416, no matter what tools you choose. Can mastering "to compensate" help? Maybe. Depends on what your ears tell you, sometimes subtle mastreing processing can make a 9624 that sounds better to the ear and survives the trip to 4416 with less apparent loss.
Around here my choices of 16 bit dither inevitably are pwr 1, 2, or 3, whichever one seems to capture the essence of the source with the least intrusion. Some mastering engineers prefer simple flat dither or the Pacific Microsonics approach. Nothing is neutral, there's always a loss or some change. With some sources, the losses seem to be negligible. Your description of your recordings seem to be purist recordings. On an audiophile basis there is a loss and you may just be reacting to that loss.
I don't know if this helps or gives you encouragement that you may be doing the best you can.
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