Originally Posted by Alécio Costa (Post 2638394)

Hi,

a) Since MP3 conversion is a software task, I imagine that changing clock source from internal to a most robust external clock will not provide better results. Is this correct?

Originally Posted by Alécio Costa (Post 2638394)

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b) Will there be a quality difference between bouncing a 48K 24 Wave file to MP3 320 Tweak head x Selecting the target waveform and exporting it directly to MP3 320 with the right Wave table menu in Pro Tools? ...

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm (Post 2638398)

Yep.

Thanks for your replies!

What the heck is a "target waveform" or a "Wave table" menu? What exaecly are you talking about... if nothing else use the names of things/different options etc. actually shown in the UI.

JUst to clarify, target waveform I meant the song file that I will do the cnversion. Wave table menu I meant using the export function directly at : CLIPS > EXPORT CLIP AS FILES > selecting :MP3,interleaved 44.1k or 48k or 48k Tweak Head).


Shouldn't be. But what do you actually mean by "HD". HD TDM systems have increased risk of digital clipping and have an old fixed point mixer.

Originally Posted by Rich Breen (Post 2638436)

Exporting dithers, Bounce does not. That would probably be the only difference. I have not confirmed if mp3 codec in PT require 16bit dither on input or not - one would hope PT's codec handles it correctly, but I don't know of anyone who has done the tests.