I had used BarbaBatch for years and always liked it. Lately, I've been using Cleaner. These are the only two that I've used in recent memory, but there must be other high-end options.

What's the best?

try the two you mentioned and then compare them to the one at www.voxengo.com

Steve
www.bangrecording.com
www.blacklinerock.com

Voxengo's R8brain Pro.

I have a feeling that elambo is looking for Mac software, as Barbabatch and Cleaner are both Mac applications.

elambo, is there a particular reason you want to switch from Barbabatch and cleaner?

Doesn't DSP Quattro have the Spark SRC implemented?

ruudman

You are correct - I need it for a Mac.

I use Cleaner, but for some reason, I get an error when trying to use MP3 codecs. I have a friend who has had the same problem on his machine and we've both tried everything we can think of to fix it. Nothing works.

Plus Cleaner is kind of slow. BarbaBatch was very speedy, but I no longer use it because it was owned by a studio that I no longer work at. I could buy it again, and will if the concensus is that it's the best, but THAT'S what I'm trying to figure out.

I know it is no longer available and only runs on OS 10.3.9 or less, but I found the SRC in Spark to be the best I could find. I did not compare to Cleaner, however. It was definitely better to me than Barbabatch.

I still use Spark XL on 9.2.2. I'm sorry it was discontinued. I still haven't found a similar app to replace it for the price and quality on the Mac for mastering stuff.

Any suggestions?

Ben

Check out DSP Quattro, at least they plovide some good algo's

ruudman

Here's a patch from TC to let Spark live in Tiger OSX.4:

[http://tcsupport.custhelp.com/cgi-bi...3JpZHNvcnQ9JnB[/HTML]

I'm surprised they issued the patch, seeing as they announced no support for Spark XL awhile back.

It looks like the DSP Quattro team has used ideas and help from the TC team that worked on Spark.

Ben

I just bought DSP Quattro a couple of weeks ago and the SRC is extremely good. I have heard that the demo is buggy but the full version that I bought has been rock solid.

In comparison to hardware SRCs like Z-Sys or Lake People - both in the 1000,- € range - Barbabatch is at least as good.

Don´t know other software SRCs but what I heared from different studios Barbabatch is probably the best for 500,- €.

From a mastering studio using Sonic Studio I only know the SRC from Sonic beats Barbabatch but is really more expensive.

I have'nt tried R8 brain yet but heard it's a really great convertor

Nope. He wrote his own.

Orren

I would agree, the SRC in Spark was amazing, as good or better than any hardware box (actually, it was from TCE's high end hardware boxes, I believe).

The truth is, the SRC in QuickTime 6.5+ is actually absolutely top notch. That is the SRC in Logic Pro 7.x + and any application (such as Peak, I believe) that uses QuickTime for SRC also uses it. You can give it a try for free, if you want, with a 16-bit file. Seriously--you'll be amazed. QuickTime's improved SRC is really top flight.

Orren