Can't mirror on a master track?

[daeron80]

Originally Posted by SpinningDisk

I've always sent my mix to the Masterlink without dither and I guess I've been lucky. Would it be real obvious if I was supposed to use dither?

It depends on how you're using the Masterlink - it can record at 24-, 20-, or 16-bit and has its own DSP and conversion capabilities, including noise-shaping dither. If you're using it to record directly to a regular audio CD that plays back in regular CD players, then dither needs to be added either at the output of PT (only if your session rate is 44.1 kHz) or by the Masterlink. Without it, you'll lose a little detail, depth, and imaging, and may add a little audible zipper noise on reverb tails and fade outs.

If your PT session rate is not 44.1, then after recording to Masterlink hard disc (at session rate and 24-bit), you would use the Masterlink to do sample rate conversion to 44.1, then dither down to 16-bit.