System Of A Down - Toxicity Setup: ● HP G72-250US ● Intel Core i3 M350 2.27GHz ● 8Gb PC3-10700 RAM ● Win7 64-bit SP1 ● SB X-Fi Surround 5.1 Process: ● Original 16/44.1 files joined in Wavelab 6 ● DC offset removed, this will yield a file with a bit depth of 18-24 bits ● Resample to 384kHz in Wavelab w/crystal resampler, ultra(slow) relax background priority ● Create new 64-bit/384kHz master recording in Wavelab (0db gain) As reported in Wavelab: ● Original 16/44 - Apparent Bit Resolution = 16, Peak = -0.098db ● DC Offset Removed - Apparent Bit Resolution = 20, Peak = -0.097db ● 64/384 Recording - Apparent Bit Resolution = 42, Peak = 0.637db ● Resample 64-bit/384kHz to 64-bit/96kHzkHz in Wavelab w/crystal resampler, ultra(slow) relax background priority ● Apply loudness maximizer (0.01db) and MBIT+ 24-bit Dither (Noise Shaping - Medium, Dither Amount - High, Auto-blanking - on) in Wavelab w/Izotope Ozone 5 VST Plugin ● Flac encode level 0 with Trader's Little Helper ● Tag and pic with xrecode II I have dropped DSD conversion from my process. There was a time when I swore by it's quality. After a host of small improvements I have made over the past few months this no longer appears to be true.
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