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Originally Posted by Danny Danzi  I don't quite understand? If the recording wasn't done at 24/96 you shouldn't upsample it to 24/96 for the sake of s/n ratio because you are adding stuff that wasn't there to begin with. |
Thanks for the detailed info, DD. Perhaps I wasn't clear about this.
I wasn't implying that one upsamples to 24/96 nor downsamples to 16/44.1. I understand that you would give the ME a 2-track mix at the sample and bit-depth that it was recorded and mixed at.
Similarly, when I said -.2dBFS, I wouldn't dream of overcompressing or limiting the 2-bus before giving it to the ME to master. I've given mixes to ME's in the past that were completely UNcompressed, yet they peaked at within -1 dB, and nobody complained. I just was curious about this 3dB (or especially 12dB of headroom).
But I understand your points and I'm with you all the way.