Yes, you can use Csound both to downsample and to dither.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Seidel 
>Sent: Apr 24, 2008 9:22 AM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: request for advice: mastering for CD
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>Thanks, Mike.
>
>As I mentioned, I normally render to 96/24, and that's what I play in a 
>concert situation.  I'm guessing that you recommend 88.2K rather than 
>96K because dithering it down to 441.1K is simpler (just a divide by 2), 
>correct?
>
>Is it possible to use Csound to perform this step?  I don't own 
>Audition.  Audacity can resample, but I don't see any option for 
>dithering.  I may be able to do it with Reaper, though, will have to 
>look into that.
>
>- Dave
>
>Michael Gogins wrote:
>> Two approaches:
>> 
>> -- Master in Csound itself: all compression, level setting, equalization, etc., is performed by the Csound orchestra (this is what I usually do, as it is easy to repeat and documents itself).
>> 
>> -- Master in an audio editor such as Pro Tools (I use Adobe Audition if I don't use Csound itself).
>> 
>> In either case, always render at 88.2 KHz to float samples. This way you have a creamier, high-resolution soundfile for concert diffusion or audiophile listening. You also leave yourself a high-resolution file for any further tweaking you may require.
>> 
>> Just before creating your CD, convert the high-resolution soundfile to 44.1 KHz/16 bits with dither (Adobe Audition will do this for you automatically from a track list of high-resolution soundfiles).
>> 
>> ALWAYS USE THE HIGHEST QUALITY YOU REASONABLY CAN EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY, all right? Like an ARTIST? 
>> 
>> I was looking at Jan van Eyck oil paintings in the Metropolitan Museum the other day. Looked like they were painted last year instead of 1430 something. Purer colors, and less faded by far, than the Courbets of 1860 something in the same museum. Jan perfected the methods of oil painting, used only lasting pigments, mixed them into the linseed oil himself or had his apprentices do it under his watchful eye. This is the way to go.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> Mike
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