AD/DA Conversion
OK... I have a serious question for you. I'm about to *consider*
repairing
some ProTools mixes by passing the mix out a couple of channels and
adding a bit more of a fill instrument or two, by doing this in the
analogue
world and recording the new mix back to PT. Do you think I'd be damaging
the material more in this way, than I would by trying to re-set a PT mix
which
was done completely in the analogue world and NOT in the box? (I'm on
Digi 192s clocked with an Apogee Rosetta, PT 7.2.1, HD2).
I'd be more concerned about laying in tracks to a stereo mix than I'd worry
about how many times you can do conversions. I had John Rice do some drum
tracks for me along with a stereo wave mix, which didn't require any special
reason to bring the mix back out to analog, unless you really are planning
to try to "mix" the new parts into the stereo mix. I've always hated doing
that, so I normally put up a couple of room mics and do playback through the
Mackie 1503s in the tracking room. Seemed to give a little better "analog"
feeling to it, not to mention being more of an inclusive part, rather than
an added part listening through headphones. But you have good enough chops
to have considered this.
Since I wondered off a little, I guess I should say that even with my MOTU
and the Tascam 38 and the DA38s a couple of passes each way wasn't a
particular problem. But it's not just asthetic appeal.
If the stereo mix wasn't done on your console, and you fly the tracks over
they will be different, so you won't actually be maintaining what you're
trying to add too.
Besides, David, what's wrong with the track. Sounds like Shania, btw.
--
Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio
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Steve Byers wrote:
In your experience, assuming you use quality converters, how many
conversions (from analog to digital and back again) can typically be
performed before discernible quality loss is incurred?
I could do about thirty passes on the Prism AD-124 before it became
obvious. The Prism is by no means state of the art, though.
It's a fun test to make on your own hardware. Linearity issues get
very exaggerated.
There's some magic in the mix... it's just a little shy of some parts, and
re-creating the mix seems like a monumental task since it wasn't done
in the box to begin with.
Thanks,
DM
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