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FAQ

A

Items Rating Hits
A question on A/D and D/A conversion for Classical Music   10154
Analog versus Digital. Observations from an ex-Dolby engineer on the Debate   10310
Analog tape simulation during the mixing process   11253
Analog Tape, can I reuse it?   9171
Archiving   7523
Aural Enhancers on the Mix Bus?   10436
A question about -20 dBFS   12617
Acoustical Correction - Automatic   9069
A/D Converters and Low Analog Input Levels?   2894
AAC Conversions: What does it sound like?   161

B

Items Rating Hits
Baking Old Master Tapes   9387
Balanced and Unbalanced Interfacing   8448
Balanced versus Unbalanced Connections   9741
Bits, isn't 20-bit good enough?   8403
Blinded by Science? A letter from someone who might be too hung up on the importance of the number   7870
Bass Problems   9501
Bit Depth in DAW   9869
Bit Depth --- See Also Wordlength   9596
Bass Rolloff in Mastering   12227
Reel to Reel unbalanced inputs and outputs to a balanced DAW   6680
Blowing a Channel on a Compressor or Mixer   2539
Bouncing: Does The Sound Change?   152
Balancing an Unbalanced Signal   120

C

Items Rating Hits
Calibrating the output of a DAW to an Analog Desk   8835
Can I make masters for duplication from an AES/EBU CD Recorder?   7476
Cassettes   6784
CD Replicating   8829
CD Running time - What's the max?   9723
CDRs and boomboxes and car players   7182
CDR rejected by plant as master   8381
CDR Write Speed - What will give the best quality?   11348
Compression   9471
Concerns on the Epidemic of Hypercompression   8561
Confused Engineer seeks Enlightenment   7656
Converters : 20-bit Converters in the 16-bit ADATs   6905
Cables : 24-bit Cable Impedance Query   8936
CD Master Preparation   8298
Compression Bass   1274
Compression During Vocal Tracking   140
Translation to Car   95

Compression vs Overcompression

Items Rating Hits
Challenge from a Rap and Hip-Hop Engineer   9095
Changing the world one day at a time   7322
Compression and the DVD   7473
Do We Really Mix for Radio?   7420
Don't quit and grow asparagus   7320
Don't quit, Bob!   7667
Films and Trailers - Getting louder?   7478
The Fugitive versus Titanic (from my compression article)   7618
Good Thing Some Clients have Ears!   6874
How to be Honest with Yourself   7299
Loudness from the Audiophile point of view   8199
Only the best practices from a quality-conscious Viennese Radio engineer   6812
Radio Stations and the Loudness War and good comments on analog PPMs   7616
Comments on the Titanic Soundtrack from a composer - what soundtracks sound good?   7362
Wow! A Program director who knows what happens to overcompressed music on the Radio!   8974
Some Producers Love Dynamics   128

D

Items Rating Hits
DAW's and bit transparency. Staying Transparent   7751
DAW's and plug-in's. Current limitations   8156
DC Offset. Clicks and Pops   8441
Differences between PMCD and CD Premasters   7743
Dither and 192kHz Sample Rates   9763
Dither, when to?   10211
Dubbing from digital multitrack to analog multitrack to get that fat sound?   8184
Debate about Dynamic Range, Bit Depth, ...   9468
Downloads   5585
Dynamic Impact with Electronic Instruments?   2265
Dialnorm and Mixing   138
Dither: From Floating Point to Fixed Point   142
Dual Mono Gear   105
Dither: From Lossless to MP3   125
Dither and Floating Point   144

E

Items Rating Hits
EQ Dilemma   8485
EQing the Final Mix   11261
Equipos digitales - conexion analogica. En Español   6374

F

Items Rating Hits
Fun with Dither and Jitter   8035
Filtering and Overloads   6742
Fixed versus Floating Point Notation   10385
Frankenstein Beast of a Digital/Analog Hybrid Studio   7372
File types in Mastering and DDP   11053
Fle Tagging   7598
Filters During Tracking?   2222
What is Forte?   105

G

Items Rating Hits
Gain Changing and Dithering   7990

H

Items Rating Hits
Headphones in Studio B   146

I

Items Rating Hits
ISRC Codes   7850
ISRC Codes and CD Text: Reading on a MacIntosh   10329

J

Items Rating Hits
Jitter : A Clarification of my Article   7724
Jitter : Digital Patchbays, good or bad?   7026
Jitter : Digital Audio Cables for 24/96   7488
Jitter on CD   8133
Jitter In SCSI & IDE   6672
Jitter : Toslink versus Copper   7849
Jitter : Better Sound?   8291

K

Items Rating Hits
K-System and ITU-R BS.1770   11975
K-System: 83 versus 85 dB   6266
K-System: custom calibration point   116
K-System: Monitor Calibration   156

L

Items Rating Hits
Laptop "Audiophile Audio Interface" - An Oxymoron   11759
Levelling Issues Part I   8017
Levelling Issues Part II   6213
Levels - Optimizing   8206
Loud CD's: What's Your Feeling, Bob? (and references to sites about the issue)   7176
Loudness Race Discussed   8066
Linear Phase Equalization   9102
Learning frequencies, is there a software for it....?   6048
LCR (3-channel) Processing in Mastering?   2148
Lightning Suppression   160

M

Items Rating Hits
Mastering Techniques   9699
Mastering vs. Mixing - What is the difference?   9260
Mastering Software   9574
Microphones and 2496 Recordings   7798
Microphones and Phantom Power   8856
Midi and Microphones   8167
Mixing : A Serious Mini-Mixing Lesson   8691
Mixing in the Digital World   7909
Monitor Calibration : What is this "Dolby 85" thing   9095
Monitor Calibration   12818
Monitor Placement   8975
Monitor Stands - Metal versus Wood?   8913
MP3 Compression : How does it work?   9587
Multiple passes of 16-bit dither?   7569
Mixing electronic music   604
M/S Techniques in Mixing   9573
Monitor Calibration: Pink Noise   6813
Mixing by Addition and Subtraction   2791
Monitor Controllers: Which type is better?   138
Mixing with the K-System   150
Mix Level: How Hot Should A Mix Be?   152
Mixing vs. Mastering, Dither, Frequency Analysis, and Sequoia   107
Neutral Monitors   145
Moniter SPL and Pink Noise   138

N

Items Rating Hits
Normalization   7428
Nano, Nano! What is this +9 business?   4304
Noise   6714
Normalizing in Samplers after UV22?   8242
Nearfield Monitors for Mastering   4722

O

P

Items Rating Hits
Problems with Samplitude 2496 and the Teac CD-W58 E CD Writers   7457
Proper Recording and File Levels   7728
Pyramix   7141
Pressing Problem   2094

Q

R

Items Rating Hits
Removing Frequencies in Mastering   10269
RIAA curve: What is it?   9000
Roomtone: What it is and when to use it?   7974
Recording With DSD   2612
Room Size: High Ceilings   120

S

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Sample Rate Conversion (SRC) or EQ, which comes first?   8436
Silence at the beginning of tracks, do we have to put it? (WAV files, AIFF files)   7419
Space : 16 Bits in a 24-bit Space   8147
Story Time With a Valuable Lesson   6960
Subwoofers   8647
sampler 16 bit   5515
Best Storage Medium for Integrity of Digital Files?   2465
Sample Rate Incorrect In File   1787
SRC: Best way to SRC   110
Sample Rate: Fixing sample rate header   114

T

Items Rating Hits
Three to One Rule   8717
Timing problems in a DAW, can they be caused by jitter?   6454
Transferring Digital Audio from One Platform to Another   6963

U

V

Items Rating Hits
Video as a Clock Master   7562

W

Items Rating Hits
Warm Sound - What's the Recipe? Is it EQ? A bit more 200, a bit less 10k?   10450
Word Clock and Digital Interfaces   9538
Wordlength - (Best Bit Depth) and Sample Rate   10423
Phase Adjusting by Waveform   99

X

Y

Z

Items Rating Hits
Zero dBFS Defined   9499