how best to make SACD-quality recordings?

[daryle_ackerman]

I bought a 16-bit, 44.1kHz multitracker (a Fostex VF-160) a year ago and naturally only after the fact read about higher-quality 24-bit, 96+kHz multitrackers and formats (SACD and DVD-Audio).

Is it possible for a home recording enthusiast to burn SACDs? (Probably not due at least to the preferable CD/SACD 5.1 hybrid format.) Or would one have to settle for 5.1 DVD-Audio? Can either format be made with a computer DVD burner? Is DVD-Audio compressed/uncompressed?

I take it its probably best to upgrade to a *dedicated* computer-based recording setup for dealing with higher-end formats. What would you recommend for recording software? Protools? Would Nuendo do the job?

I really don't want to sonically limit my pieces and would like any pushes in the right direction regarding recording for these superior mediums.

Thanks in advance,

Daryle

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[bennychico11]

SACD really can't be done with home studio equipment let alone most studio equipment. No one really records directly into an SACD format...it's usually done at a really high sample rate (192ish) and then converted....or done in analog and then converted somewhere else at a place that can do it. Same with the bit depth. There is no software program on the market that I know of to record at 2,822,400Hz, 1 bit.

If you'd like a dispute on whether SACD is even important to consider...and if you're interested in the math and can understand it, read this paper:
http://sjeng.org/ftp/SACD.pdf