Mastering Workflow Question Regarding SRC and Dither

[DSD_Mastering]

If you're using PT and staying strictly ITB, then it really doesn't matter what sample rate. Yes, the dither is the last thing you do.
But as always, if you have time, experiment with both to see which sounds best to YOU!

Regards,
Bruce

[twwalsh]

i recommend

1. SRC
2. mastering processing
3. dither + truncation

[Jerry Tubb]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Is one better than the other?

Method #1 - Process in PT, BTD each song @ 24/48Khz (i.e. no conversion performed in PT) and use SampleManager to batch process the SRC and Bit-Depth Conversion w/Dither of all files to 16bit/44.1Khz.

I'd choose Door #1.

Sample Manager's iZotope Resampler SRC & dither sounds better IMO than PT Tweakhead (which is pretty good actually) & dither.

But like Bruce recommended, do a song both ways and decide for yourself.

JT

[Kizzy]

Thanks guys.

Jerry, or anyone else who uses it -- regarding SampleManager and its SRC module, I have a question. Next to the pull-down menu where you select the destination sample rate, there is a checkbox called 'Resample". Do you know how this affects the processing? It is not referred to in the manual. I thought "resampling" was precisely what the SRC module does by default. So why the added checkbox?

[Kees de Visser]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Next to the pull-down menu where you select the destination sample rate, there is a checkbox called 'Resample". Do you know how this affects the processing?

Sometimes an audio file has the wrong sample rate flag. This can be easily corrected by changing the flag, and leave the audio as it is ("do not resample").
In most cases (normal SRC) you should leave the Resample option checked.