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Originally posted by Jotown
Hey Pete,
Do you have the D/A card for your Trak2?
Also, are you running the lightpipe into the optical in/out on the Digi 001 PCI card?
Do you know why the Trak2 dithering down to 16 bit sounds better than the PT dithered mixer, or L1 dithereing, or is that just your assumption? |
Hey Jotown,
I do have the D/A 2 channel card for my Trak 2 . . . though it's not
absolutely necessary to have it. I simply have it because the A/D
and D/A on the 001 are less than stellar . . . and I wanted to have
killer D/A to monitor through while mixing.
My Apogee Trak 2 and my 001 are connected via lightpipe to the
optical connections on the 001 PCI card.
I researched the heck out of numerous dithering options before I
bought my Trak 2. I found that many mastering houses use Apogee's dithering.
I have the Waves Platinum Bundle, so I have compared the
dithering on the L1 and L2 with Apogee's UV22HR dithering many times
and there is a noticeable sonic
clarity improvement with Apogee. The Waves L1 and L2 dithering
is certainly good, but I can hear a marked improvement with Apogee.
Also, as a company, Apogee is definitely not a
"jack of all trades". Their focus is only on a few things, and they
do those things incredibly well . . . that's my feeling.
As far as Pro Tools "dithered mixer" . . . I am not familiar with this.
My knee jerk reaction is that it sounds frightening. How does it
work? Is there built in dithering on the Master Fader? Can you specify your wordlength?
Sometimes I think Digidesign spreads themselves too thin, trying
to be experts on too many technologies at once. This seems to be
even more so since they released HD. I think there's something to
be said for acknowledging the limits of expertise, and yielding to
someone else (or another company) who is more focused to cover those bases . . . my opinion.
Pete