At 11:01 AM 2008-08-27, Craig Breaden wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>One of our donors, a collector of traditional songs, has just
>purchased a Korg MR-1000 1-bit recorder to do his field recording.
...
>I created 44.1/16-
>and 24-bit versions using Audiogate, trying to get an idea of what a
>user copy would sound like, and noticed some digital artifacts thrown
>in around what had been, on the original file, a very soft pop in the
>background. This was not encouraging, although I realize I could
>render at a higher resolution using Audiogate then create the user
>copy using WaveLab. He's on the fence, wondering if he should go back
>to his Tascam, and from some of the discussion last year on the list
>regarding 1-bit, I'm not certain he shouldn't. Any thoughts?
Hello, Craig,
This is indeed an interesting question.
The first question I have for you, is can't he capture in 96/24 on
the Korg instead of1 bit DSD?
I would like you to evaluate all of the following transfer modes of
the audio surrounding this click and report back to us, if you can:
MR-1000DSD------------analog-----------studio 96/24 converter
MR-1000DSD file-------audiogate----------------96/24 file
MR-1000DSD-----------SPDIF/AES--------------96/24 file
(I don't know if this is possible since the original was DSD and I
don't know if the Korg can do the conversion inside before
outputting SPDIF/AES)
I'm trying to isolate the problem to the Audiogate software with
these tests. We have waaay too many variables.
Of course, then downsampling all three in Wavelab to 44.1/16 would
need to be tried.
I would be willing to downsample all three in Sampitude to 44.1/16 if
you wish as one colleague says he can hear a difference between
Wavelab and Samplitude, but I have not with the limited use I've put
Wavelab to (he's used it a lot more). This is an echo of our thread
last week <sigh>!
More tests can present themselves, like comparing the Korg in DSD
mode vs. 96/24 mode, then comparing the Korg to the Tascam and
perhaps a rented Sound Devices 702/722. I selected the SD722 for
field recording with a pair of DPA 4006 TL mics--actually I got the
SD after I got the mics as I wanted something that would truly do
justice to the mics.
Cheers,
Richard
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