I need software to burn/make CD's what is one that works for 48kz/24 ditthering to CD

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I have CW Pro audio 9 and I just got my CD-R buner, but the program I got Nero 5 isnt for Professonal Audio, Like if I want my mixes to go from 48kz/24 bit and to put them on a CD that program wont ditther it down to 44.1kz /16 bit to make a CD ,its great if i want to do MP3'S and make my mix sound like a AM radio.

What I'm looking for is a program that will take a mix down of 2 tracks( DO THE SAMPLE CONVERSION )for me and then burn it to the CD-R. Now does any one have LEADS/NAMES to that kinda software please? What programs are available for my aplication? Any sujestion or comments will be helpful to me or if theres something I'm missing in my own programs you guys could inlighten me. Thank you for your time and responses.feel free to email me .
Zad

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Zadokk wrote:

>>"Like if I want my mixes to go from 48kz/24 bit and to put them on a CD that program wont ditther it down to 44.1kz /16 bit to make a CD ,its great if i want to do MP3'S and make my mix sound like a AM radio. "<<

Every professional cd released uses Redbook audio at 44/16, how does that make it sound like an AM radio? FYI in my experience Nero is 1000x better than CD Crater... and there is no way to burn a pure audio disc at 48/24, and no player that supports playback at that res.
 
T-rackS by IK media has a dithering algorithm thats optional under the preference section, it about 300 bucks for the software, there are also software from Apogee that does it more effectively but not for the price. Its well worth the money if your on a 24 bit system trying to make your own red book CD's . Even if you don't use the software from Ik media for DIY mastering, it will still dither down to 16 bit for you.

Peace,
Dennis
 
$70- Cool Edit 2000

Cool Edit 2000 ($70-) has what seems to be a very robust dithering engine. Very tweakable. I'm not a pro or expert though so I can't explain all the features, but you can try a demo of it first.

-Shaz
 
As Hienz said, Nero is great software.
I too use CW 9 then go through t-racks then to Nero.....no problem. I aint made a coaster yet.

Alan.
 
Pardon my ignorance, but what is the diff between dithering and just a mere sample rate conversion in Cool Edit Pro or Soundforge?
 
Dithering gives you better results because it interpolates the information rather than just removing big chunks of it. What this means is that, when you reduce from 24bit down to 16bit, you are effectively removing 1/3 of the information with a straight downsample (or in otherwords you are left with 16/24ths or 2/3rds of the original data). "Dithering" analyzes what's been removed, and smooths out the transitions between the missing chunks and gives an almost seamless result as if you never downsampled at all, whereas a straight downsample can leave harsh artifacts when the missing data was.
 
I guess I must have crappy ears, but for me the 24/16 conversion in both Cakewalk 9 and Sound Forge 5 seem to do a pretty good job.
If someone can suggest a program that uses "dithering" and does a better job than these two programs, I would be most curious to check it out.
As for the original question, like other here I fail to see the point in writing an audio CD at other than 16/44.1. I believe some DVD players can play back 24/96 audio CDs but its a small minority. And if you are just saving data files then the question is moot.
 
Yeah, for what it's worth I was merely explaining dithered vs. non-dithered downsampling as I know it relating from the computer graphics world... I would assume that CE Pro and others do some sort of dithering upon downsampling or I'm sure you'd notice. :) I record at 44/16 so I have no experience at higher bit/sample rates.
 
sekd's redroaster

redroaster is very good at doing the sample convertion. it also has a spec. analyst and some very good effects, including a multi-comp, and a peak limiter.

you can create indexes and sub-index and crossfade between tracks.

it isn't exactly inexpensive, but it works very well for me.
 
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