OK, here goes: for 24/96
All these are Verbatim DVD-R(Best quality on the market)
Disc 1+2: (Set1/2)24-Bit DATA Untracked/Unedited(RAW 722 WAVS) WAVS w/ md5's/cue sheets(since there are 2 WAVS per set)
Disc 3+4: (Set1/2)24-Bit DATA Untracked/Edited WAVS WITH GAIN ADDED w/ md5's/cue sheets(since there are 2 WAVS per set)
Disc 5+6: (Set1/2)24-Bit Flac'd copies of all of the 24-Bit Material(Untracked/Edited/Unedited) these mostly fit onto one DVD-R per set
Disc 7: FLAC24. folders saved to one DVD-R
Disc 8: FLAC16. folders saved to one DVD-R
PLUS I archive.org/bt.etree ALOT of stuff
I archive BOTH my 16/24-Bit filesets onton Archive.org if the bands are allowed
I only etree my flac16 folders on bt.etree.org, no desire to BT my 24-Bit flacs
Never realized it took THAT many DVD-R's per 2 set show. obviously a one set show is half that many discs and my flac24 and flac16 DVD-R's have multiple shows on them so...
I rolled 24/44.1k and 24/48 ALOT this summer and at festies so the process wasnt as grueling, especially at festies where each band only played 2 hrs MAX, most times less
24/44.1k is a lazy way to do 24-Bit but youre stilla chieving MUCH better dynamics and overall headroom and lower self-noise, so 24/44.1k is FIBE for PA music IMO, I just run 24/96
because I can with the 722's HD and an 8GB CF Card
unless you roll 24/96, there is no reason to roll 24/48 IMO, just an extra step for in post not too much more bandwidth IMO. are DVD-A's 24/48 or above tho? not sure about that, if so, i guess I would run 24/48. but for PA recording in a resolution higher than 24/44.1k, unless you have HDD space to throw away like me, is useless IMO
and come on, tell it isnt nice to open a whole set in post in wavelab/soundforge/audacity/etc and not have to worry about the 2GB limit as much
Open your 24/441.k wav, add gain if necessary(if recording in 24-bit correctly, you SHOULD have to add gain IMO, to leave that extra headroom for dynamics at the show and run levels conservatively), anyway, open 24/44.1k WAV, add gain, save WAV with added gain, dither with your fav dithering scheme, render/save output file, trackin in cdwave/etc, save cue sheet, open 24/44.1k file with gain added in cdwave/etc, load cue sheet save all outputs to WAV, FLAC and make text files/ffp's/md5's of existing folders and done
HELL of alot easier than opening 24/96 files in your favorite DAE program except for Wavelab 6.0(which ahs a 4.0GB limit) then chop up halfway thru the set in cdwave, save 24/96 files where splits are halfway thru set so they process in wavelab(w/ 24-bit temp files) without choking, reopen in wavelab/etc, add gain, save, resample(process in place) dither(create new 16-bit file) rejoin files where needed, save, re-do the same for 16-bvit files, save. and THEN since your 24/96 files are bigger than your 16-bit files when you open your 16-bit cue sheet you have to still track the rest of the set where the 16-bit cue doesnt fill in the 24/96 WAV since tyhe other half of the 24/96 WAV isnt open in your cdwave window
you could always avoid this and track your 24/96 files first(def the way to do it) BUT they take FOREVER to open/save, and a 16-bit cue sheet is ALWAYS gonna be quicker/easier to modify in the future IMO
I save all of my cue sheets with my 24-bit untracked DATA WAVA/FLACS tho so theyre easy to get to either way
24/96 or 22/44.1k for this fool
sorry for the rambling. Im going against even my own rules and am gonna roll 24/96 for both nites of RAQ NYE just for the highest resolution possible but at the same tiome leaning against it. at 24/96 writing to the cf card/INHDD i can easily get it on the HDD, BUT I would like the safety of writing to both mediums for the whole NYE run, and without a card reader>HDD option im kinda limited, altho I could always run CF Card>722INHDD inbetween sets but tahts just sucks more power so........I might run 24/44.1k both days. easier to deal with in post work PLUS I can get around 8 hrs on the 8GB CF Card compared to just 4hrs@24/96....I could easily get the whole NYE run@24/44.1k so I think thats what I'm gonna do
Anyway, latenight drunk/baked ramblings from yours truely