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Yup. With virtual instruments, if people record at 96 kHz, the foldover distortion usually isn't a problem. But at 44.1/48, it definitely can be. When I can hear it, I recommend that the client go back to the mix, save the synth preset and export the MIDI track, and open a 96 kHz or 192 kHz...

That's fine, but the question was about what you want to receive as a mastering engineer, where you don't have control over the mix. I've received files that had clipping, files that were rendered at 16 bits without dithering, and files that registered as 0 but had significant intersample...

I've always recommended that anyone submitting a file to a mastering engineer leave some headroom to make sure there isn't clipping, not use a maximizer in the master bus to squash the dynamics, leave the fades to the ME, don't add dithering in case files needed to be crossfaded, etc. However...

Glen!! Great stuff! I really appreciate your taking the time and effort to write such a lucid explanation, it made total sense to me. I've passed it along to Matt at EQ to include in the letters section, and have also sent it to Jeff Anderson in case he has any comments. Props...if you're at...

Well, it's all part of the deal. The number of "loved your article about..." posts scattered around the net far exceeds the number of "you're a moron" posts, but in any event, the whole purpose of this particular exercise is to move the art forward. It is dicier editing rather than writing...

Well quite honestly, I don't know the exact wording or intent of the 3:1 rule, as I've always had a good intuitive knowledge of phase and have managed to control phase problems in the studio over the past 40 years or so. My biggest problem had been issues with taking a DI and miked amp sound...

Regardless of the statement in question (and I've asked the author to respond), the thing that amazes me is that people somehow have the feeling that Printed Things should not be subject to the fact that humans make mistakes. Planes show up late, people go to jail for crimes they didn't commit...