Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards

Marantzguy: "Even so, it was necessary to tweak the eq a bit and then normalize before yielding a standard Red Book burn."

Inmate: It doesn't matter what microphones you use. There is always some tonal adjustment to be made. Either the direct sound is off a little due to mic characteristics, or the reverberant sound adds too much unwanted color, or the mic doesn't have a good off-axis characteristic. There's always some reason to tweak it. Just don't let your speakers or headphones color your judgement. ;)

"Normalizing" is one of the most useful tools in the digital arsenal. Because of it, I can comfortably record at a reasonable level, and not worry about a heart attack if a big sfz comes along. Although it does raise the noise floor, it's not an issue for the vast majority of listeners.

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Topic - Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Marantzguy 15:43:51 05/11/06 (13)

Asynchronous Sample Rate Conversion..... - Todd Krieger 21:31:34 05/12/06 (6)

While all rate conversions are lossy... - real_jj 12:51:16 05/25/06 (0)

No thats not an issue with Synchronous Rate Conversion - jcox 20:35:15 05/15/06 (3)

Re: No thats not an issue with Synchronous Rate Conversion - Todd Krieger 01:27:01 05/16/06 (0)

You are aware of "fast convolution" aren't you? - real_jj 12:54:26 05/25/06 (0)

I haven't been inside any DAW code so I can't say what's used - jcox 10:23:41 05/16/06 (0)

Yes, that's certainly true, but it may not be a significant issue... - Bersani 20:51:10 05/13/06 (0)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Inmate51 07:53:54 05/12/06 (0)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Bersani 22:51:14 05/11/06 (4)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Marantzguy 10:48:22 05/12/06 (3)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Inmate51 15:09:04 05/16/06 (0)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - b.l.zeebub 07:58:03 05/14/06 (0)

Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Bersani 21:00:02 05/12/06 (0)

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Re: Recording at high-resolution, dithering to Red Book Standards - Inmate51 15:09:04 05/16/06 (0)

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