Sound Performance Lab MixDreamXP Model 2591 - Manual (Page 12)

12 MixDream XP
MixDream XP in Mastering Applications
Your MixDreamXP is predestined for mastering applications, as
we‘ve planned its superior sound quality for just such occa-
sions.
Two applications are especially interesting: 1) discrete Mastering,
and 2) upsampling to SACD/DVD-A formats.
1) Normally a studio mastering engineer requires that a stereo
file be made available for his or her work. But in such a mixdown,
any problems (for example, significant variations in volume
among instrumental subgroups) will mean equally significant
limitations to your final mastering options. Instead, however, if
one masters from a discrete mix with single tracks or subgroups,
each of these can be adjusted just as easily and quickly in the
mastering process—to the extent that even individual groups
can be tweaked with different processing. Your final result is
clearly better and the time needed, minimal—especially since it
is less likely that a new mix will be called for.
2) Multichannel sessions can be summed in the infinite reso-
lution of analog signal processing equipment, something that
may also be of special importance when an engineer wishes to
upsample to SACD or DVD-A.
Linking Several MixDream XP
An expansion connector provides for a second MixDreamXP
input should 16 channels not suffice. IMPORTANT: The Main
Outputs of the second MixDreamXP must be connected to
the Expansion Inputs of the first unit; do not connect both
Expansion Inputs.
If more than two MixDreamXP are to be summed, we recom-
mend to employ a further MixDreamXP as master—otherwise
the signals from the first MixDreamXP (to cite a “worst case
scenario“) would unnecessarily be summed in each following
unit.
In such a chain One MixDreamXP is connected to the Expansion
Inputs while all other units are connected to the usual (DB25)
Input Channels (see graphic on the next page).
Applications and Modes of Operation