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Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples

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Rushton

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Have you ever been told that mixing in Pure DSD was not possible? Here's an article explaining how Eudora Records owner Gonzalo Noqu� is doing it. He also provides free downloadable samples to compare selections from three of his albums taking DSD256 tracking channels and mixing them: 1) via DXD on Pyramix and 2) via Pure DSD using Signalyst HQPlayer Pro with no PCM. You might find it interesting to make the comparison if you can play DSD256 in your system. My observations about what I hear are in the article.
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RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples - zacster 05:14:57 02/25/23 (4)
I gave these a listen last night and the Pure DSD files do sound more organic and less processed.

In my head I've always pictured DSD to be the same as analog tape except the magnetic particles are all arranged in a regular pattern.
- RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples - Rushton 06:09:59 02/25/23 (3)
  Thanks for sharing your experience listening to these. Yes, we are hearing the same things.
  - RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples - zacster 10:32:46 02/25/23 (2)
    I just gave them another listen at higher volume and still had the same impression.
    - RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples - John Elison 15:09:38 03/25/23 (1)
      I've recorded 71 vinyl LPs in DSD128 and I like the sound quality better than 24/96 PCM. I used to record on an Alesis Masterlink at 24/96, but I upgraded to a TASCAM DA-3000 DSD recorder. I find their to be less noise in-between cuts with DSD. I also find DSD sounds more natural and realistic. I used to think that my 24/96 digital copies of vinyl were perfect. Then, I heard my first DSD128 recording of vinyl and I immediately thought it was even more perfect. I really like DSD.
      
      I now own 48 digital recordings in DSD256 and these are my favorites beyond any doubt. I've never heard DSD512, but DSD256 sounds better than anything I've heard.
      
      Happy listening!
      John Elison
      - RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples - Head_Unit 09:45:19 09/30/23 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Mixing in DSD - No PCM - With Download Samples posted by John Elison on March 25, 2023 at 15:09:38
        
        "I used to think that my 24/96 digital copies of vinyl were perfect. Then, I heard my first DSD128 recording of vinyl and I immediately thought it was even more perfect."
        BUT, are they perfect FOREVER?!?
        ;-D

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