'bounce to disk' for master mixes or not?

[Extreme Mixing]

Most of the guys are using AES or Spdif to bounce to other tracks in Pro Tools, so there really are no "two more conversions", since it never leaves the digital domain.

I have never heard a problem with BTD, myself. Once you think there is a problem, you are more likely to hear when you A/B. I don't think anybody could pick out the BTD mix in a real blind test. Besides, what if you liked it better?

That's just my opinion. YMMV

[bad jitter]

Most of the guys are using AES or Spdif to bounce to other tracks in Pro Tools, so there really are no "two more conversions", since it never leaves the digital domain.

Why don't they just bus internally?

[Extreme Mixing]

[tld]

Hi Monte - are you saying that BTD will not incur latency as is the case when listening to the mix. Is this just any bussing or plugins as well? If this is the case BTD will sound a bit different to the mix you were working on and maybe why people claim to dislike it.

I think he was referring to the delay compensation explained in the BTD section of the PT manual. That is, BTD compensates for any latency incurred by the bounce itself. This means that if you bounce and then import the bounce back into the session (at the same point in the timeline from which the bounce was made) it will be in phase with the session. This is just simply offsetting by the proper number of samples and wouldn't have any affect on sound.

Tom

[bruceup]

Thanks for your input. I will continue to BTD and not lose any sleep.

[Frank Kruse]

But make sure you are using the old seagate hd when bouncing bass tracks. they sound much warmer than the newer seagates or the IBMs. also carefully A/B compare your scsi-cables. some have a much better transient response time. listen carefully. but definitely go for the old seagates for cello! ;-)))))

frank.

[bad jitter]

Even warmer are the old Micropolis drives (hard to find these days ). I prefer the 5.25" models for tuba.

[davip]

For that vintage sound, nothing beats bouncing to 5.25 inch floppy.

[hanse]

you are right, probably the best soft disc saturation I ever heard....and if you use that old Dolby with the 5`25", the low end is much denser.

hanse

[Joz]

I dislike the 5.25" disks. Its all hype. Try a calculators memory ship.