Re: [LAU] master levels (and dithering)

On 03/02/15 at 09:30pm, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> Ralf, we (readers of this list) are used to your occasional
> fits, to hearing for the zillionth time about your troubles
> with Brauner, and that only two of the eight ADAT channels
> of your sound card are usable.
>
> What you have been writing recently is different. Gratituous
> drivel about how bad Linux is for audio, without any hint of
> evidence and without any reasoning behind it.
>
> Some examples from the last days:
>
> > JFTR I've got loss of sound quality issues when using Linux,
> > that I don't have when using professional or even consumer
> > digital hardware or even 4-track analog tapes with Dolby C.
> > IMO there's something broken, at least on all Linux machines
> > I used and I'm still using.
>
> > If I record an ALESIS D4 cymbal with Linux, the result is week.
> > If I record it with a consumer DAT recorder, there's no audible
> > difference to the original sound. Even a 4-track cassette player
> > with Dolby C still sounds better, than the Linux recording
> > (tested with TerraTec and RME cards).
>
> > Linux dithering is a PITA, it adds annoying audible noise, no
> > stand alone consumer gear, no proprietary DAW and especially
> > no professional gear comes with such audible dithering noise.
> > Is there usable dithering available for Linux?
>
> > If you mix e.g. all your Qtractor tracks and master them to a
> > stereo Qtractor track, this digital mix does cause a loss of
> > sound quality. If you should be that hearing-impaired, that
> > you even are unable to notice this, then take a look at
> > spectrograms. Likely there's a very old thread somewhere in
> > the Qtractor mailing list archive. It's not a Qtractor issue,
> > it's a jackd issue.
>
> What's wrong with you ?

If he tells you he'll have to kill you ;-)

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