Can't you just export your 24 bit masters and do the dithering in Hofa? Also, unless I'm misunderstanding, you would take all your tracks w/ plugs and have to bounce/render (or realtime bus to another track) first anyway to apply your plugins-- then you just select all of them and choose export from the SoundBites mini menu. But perhaps I misunderstand.stevenew wrote: What a merry-go-round this is!
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I have experimented with using DP but unless I am being stupid (not the first time) I can see no easy way to export multiple 24-bit tracks to multiple 16-bit tracks without doing them one by one.
I do most of my mastering in DP (plugins, etc.) I do the CD layout in DSPQ and if there are any other little adjustments or plugs needed, I can render them in there.
DP doesn't have a "NORMALIZE TO" the way DSPQ and Audacity have. DP's dithering and SRC are really good.