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Mastering for high resolution

Mastering for high resolution

From the course: Audio Mastering Techniques

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Mastering for high resolution

Thanks to high-capacity disks like Blu-ray and even some online sites like HDtracks.com, the demand for high- resolution audio is growing rapidly. While the mastering process is the same as with standard-def material, there are other considerations that apply when it comes to high-resolution. The first is storage. Consider this, we all know that a 44.1/16 stereo minute on a CD needs approximately 10.5 MB of storage. Most of us record in our DAWs at 48/24, and that takes about 17.28 for each minute that we record. When it comes to high-res, we go to a different league, though, with a minute of 296/24 stereo needing 34.56 MB and a minute of 192/24 needing 69.12 MB. Again, this is just for stereo. If we were dealing with 6-channel 5.1 file at 192K, our storage would be 207 MB. In these days of cheap storage where a terabyte doesn't cost very much, this might not sound like a lot of storage space, but it can really get you in a bind if you haven't planned for it. But 96/24 operation…

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