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Question for recording artist/engineers

Let's say you have a jazz band who wants to sell cds of their music with the best quality of sound they can achieve at the lowest out-sourced cost or do-it-yourself. If one wants to do a just-in-time type of manufacturing of their cd, how can they improve things?

Currently they are recording at 48k in Pro-tools, mastered in Sonic Solutions by Air Show Mastering, and then they use top of the line cds (Taiyo Yuden) with a Microboards Orbit II Duplicator. This has produced average cds but we want to do better.

What would you engineers do to improve this so it gets closer to audiophile quality? Would you recommend using a different mastering house, different cds, or a different Duplicator? Or would you just bite the money bullet and go directly to a full-scale manufacturer? We are trying not to have that much money tied up in inventory.

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Thank you for your feedback and assistance.
lngbruno

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slipknot1
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Lngbruno,
Is this jazz band recording material in a studio, or, recording live performances? Why at 48K only to downsample to 44.1 redbook standard for producing CDs?

Your Pro Tools, Sonic Solutions sure ain't the problem, so I would want to take a good hard look at how the data is getting laid down. Duplication is only going to be as good as the original bit stream.

I have made a number of live recordings and subscribe to the minimalist mic technique: (1 HQ matched pair)>Grace Design Lunatec V2 preamp>Apogee a/d1000 analog to digital converter>Tascam DA P1 DAT deck

My recordings were very natural sounding, good soundstage, plenty of depth... If I had access to the Pro Tools/Sonic Solutions WHOA!
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