Hey guys....well, I have never recorded anything in 24 bit, and after the purchase of a sd 744 this week, I will be taking all of my recordings, the disco biscuits sbds and dvds, to 24 bit. Basically, I need some advice.....I am going to need to dither the tracks down to 16 bit for release ASAP after the shows. And obviously, I will want to maintain the 24 bit files for the DVDs. I am simply wondering what programs I can mix the 4 tracks in and then dither down. Will digital performer be able to handle that task? Additionally, what sample rate should I be using on the 722? Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it. John Schmidt
John, DP can certainly do it. As far as ASAP goes, that depends on how good you get at doing this. It took me a while to learn DP and I admit that I'm no expert. If you're in a time crunch, consider recording at 44.1 kHz so you don't have to resample after the show, only dither.
ok, maybe thats what i'll do then. that would be easiest it sounds. I was fooling around with it the other night with some 16 bit files, and I think I have a general idea how to do it. I'll probably seek some advice after the show this weekend from someone who is actually an expert. Thanks
DP is what I use with the Deva, but I do everything later. For quick down and dirty 2 tracks, I simply use the Deva to mix, then use those tracks on two more of the open channels on the Deva. Thus, tracks 1-6 are individual mics&sndboard, tracks 7&8 are the rough mixes. If I don't like the mixes, I just use Digital Performer to remix tracks 1-6. It's fairly painless.
Wayne