On Wed Jan 9, 2008 7:08 am ((PST)), "Bjorn Roche" bjorn@...
bejayoharen wrote:

>> 1. It supports direct CD burning from 24-bit split-stereo or
>> interleaved source files, with a choice of dither applied at the burn,
>> leaving the source files untouched.

You provided a lengthy and informative answer, which I've snipped
because it didn't answer my basic question: If you have a 24-bit (or
higher depth) source, can XO Wave burn a CD directly from this source
with choice of dither, or must you create a 16-bit master file first?

>> 2. When loading a split-stereo or interleaved audio file into your CD
>> item list, you can select the whole file or a Pro-Tools-defined region
>> in it as the item to load.

Again, a comprehensive and informative answer left out one crucial
point for me: does XO Wave recognize Pro-Tools-created regions? I
don't see how it could, since Pro Tools doesn't create stereo files.
Therefore XO must convert (or Pro Tools must export) the source
files, which will lose the region information. Of course you could
export regions as (stereo) files from Pro Tools. But that's exactly
what I don't want to have to do and don't need to do in my current
workflow.

I'd like to move past having to keep an OS9 machine running with
no-longer-manufactured SCSI CD burners, which MasterList requires.
I'm looking for a replacement. But until someone comes up with
another application which has the ability to burn CDs directly from
Pro Tools regions in 24-bit split-stereo files, which allows me to do
all my CD sequencing in Pro Tools and then burn without an
intermediate (export/import) step, I'll keep looking.

Just a side note to explain my workflow: if my source sessions are at
48k or higher sample rate, I just import the desired track(s) into a
44.1 24-bit Pro Tools session, which preserves all the region
information in the original session. So I do all my mastering at the
original sample rate, then import into a 44.1 session as the last
process before creating a CD playlist, which is then as simple as
dragging regions or audio files into the MasterList item pane, which
defaults to having each item as a CD track, although of course you
can add, slide, and remove track IDs at will subsequently.
>
>Are you sure you downloaded me main documentation and not just, for
>example, the "cheat sheet"? The main documentation is well over 100
>pages.

I did! I swear I did! :-) But I couldn't find the answers to my
primary questions in a few minutes of reading. I'll be red-faced if
you can point me to pages where points 1 and 2 were addressed.

--Emmett