Unable to mix and master at 96kHz

CipheredDesigns · May 4, 2019, 3:30pm

MrSoundman:

CipheredDesigns:

MrSoundman:

The restoration plugins are not intended to be put on the master buss … of course, one can, but there’s no reason to. Does the problem go away if you remove the iZotope plugins from the master buss? If so, use the montage to just do spot fixes, which will avoid applying the plugins to areas where they are not needed, and throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Never had such issues with the same mastering chain and setup at 44kHz and 48kHz, but I will try what you suggest and report as soon as I return to the studio, thanks a lot.

The higher the sample rate you work at, the greater load on the CPU. Just out of curiosity, what format will your deliverable (end product) be? If it’s CD, then 88.2kHz would be a better choice if that’s an option, because the sample rate conversion is simpler and the end of the process and would ease the load a little bit.

If you must work at 96kHz, then remember that Wavelab does not need to have small ASIO buffers set on your audio interface. Audio latency is almost irrelevant in Wavelab, unlike in e.g. Cubase where you need to listen to one track while recording another, or where you’re playing a VSTi. An ASIO buffer 2048 or 4096 at 96kHz is fine for Wavelab.

Thanks a lot for your help Mr. Soundman and Arjan.
I changed the buffer size to 2048 and 4096 and went through some tests, it is slightly better performance wise but as soon as I load any of the Izotope plugins the sound disappears and Wavelab is no longer responding.

I even get the following crash info everytime I load Ozone 8:

In 44kHz and 48kHz project this is never happening and Ozone works like a charm.

I don´t aim for CD but I would like to offer my audio files at the highest possible quality and let my clients choose to download 44kHz, 48kHz or 96kHz.