DITHER come HITHER
When exporting the BUS tracks for External Mastering, I did not realize you could exporrt at a highr bit depth than what you record at as long as dithering is used.
In my case i Mic Record classical guitars and Line In Electric Guitars at 48MHz /24bit
Should the Export Bus setting be: 48MHz / 64 / Dither Power 3 if it's being sent to a studio to mix/master? These are notes taken from the LIVE video, please correct as needed.
SONAR X1e Mixing
Thanks to Brandon and Seth for the: CakeTV Live: SONAR Music Production 'Aike'
Plugins Turn down Gain first! (THEN Bus Levels as needed)
Compressor Guitar
G-type (finger pick & Acoustic Guitar, wide q, low gain)
Compressor Drums
PC-4k Drum
Kick Drum
- Saturation knob
- EQ.................................G-type
- Compressor ................PC-76
Compressor Vocals (matrix loops | Intimidate / 1/32) PC-2A Vocals POST = ON (delay runs into PC-2A)
FX - Tempo Delay
- Saturation knob
- EQ.................................Hybrid
- Compressor ................PC-2A
STEM LEVEL MASTERING (export Bus: MASTER, DRUMS, GUITARS, FX, etc.)
If you change bit depth,
you must dither, Power 3 seems to be a good choice.
Record at: 44.1 / 16 bit
Export at: 44.1 / 32 bit
Import all the bus tracks to a new project to MASTER
Sonar plugins or iZotope Ozone 5 on Master Bus