High-resolution music download sites
Benefits of remastering music
When your music is not already in high-definition or surround (e.g. it is of CD quality), you will benefit to remaster it (i.e. process and/or convert) :
To encode the audio signal in a way that is more easily reproducible by electronics equipment with less distorsion and closer to the original analog signal with a technique called upsampling.
To supplement the stereo reproduction with surround channels to restore the sound stage to something closer to reality with a technique called upmixing. The front stereo channels can be left unchanged.
In both cases, remastering is not distorting. The original signal is still there, but it is both more precise and augmented. Both techniques attempt to reformat the audio such that its rendering is closer to the original listening conditions. The basic concept is that getting the best of an audio system starts by feeding it the highest quality input signal possible.
The result is a superior listening experience having more definition, clarity and presence, that has been qualified as "more fluid, less harsh and an all round better sound".
All features : audio remastering and DVD-Audio / Video discs authoring
Remastering features (upsampling, upmixing, VST plug-ins)
DVD-Audio and DVD-Video discs authoring
3 product editions to choose from
HD-Audio Solo Ultra
HD-Audio Remaster
DVD-Audio Solo
Typical use cases
Cirlinca's products can be used with or without remastering, depending on your needs, to author high-definition surround media, as illustrated in the following typical cases :
Play high-definition or surround music on your audio system.
Listen in the car in high-resolution / surround or consolidate collections.
Extract more from CD collections with upsampling or conversion from stereo to 5.1.
Convert vinyl records collections to high-resolution DVD-Audio / Video discs or files.
Archive Music.
Features highlight
VST plug-ins support
Cirlinca's VST enabled applications act as a VST host capable of accepting most VST plug-ins (1) for processing on the fly. There is vast offer or commercial and freeware VST plug-ins, ranging from audio effects to spectrum analyzers.
Check Audiomastermind as an example.
1-Click conversion
The 1-Click function will let you remaster an entire CD directly to a high-definition surround DVD in a few steps : set input drive, set remastering parameters, go. Or you can convert from folder to folder just as simply.
DVD-Audio / DVD-Video authoring
Author DVD-Audio, DVD-Video or universal (both) discs with music up to 24bit / 192 kHz or surround 5.1. Add pictures to each track for slideshow effect. Configure the channels of a track into two groups of different resolutions (DVD-Audio) for optimal disc space use.
Remastering to high-definition and surround 5.1
Get more from your music collection. Import music tracks from computer files, CD or DVD-Audio discs (non protected, non MLP). If they are in stereo, convert them to surround 5.1 for an immersive experience. And/or upsample them to high-definition up to 24bit/192kHz for enhanced clarity and details. Export to DVD or files.
(1) VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. VST Plug-in Technology by Steinberg.
A broad choice of export media for authoring
Author DVD-Audio discs, DVD-Video discs, universal DVD-Audio/DVD-Video discs or export to computer files in wav / wma / flac / A52 / aac/mp4/iTunes / mkv formats from audio tracks in a variety of input formats.
If you want the best audio quality for stereo and multichannel, the clear choice is DVD-Audio. This standard supports up to 24bit/192 kHz in stereo and 24 bit/96 kHz in surround 5.1. It offers many unique features for audiophiles. You will need a DVD player that is DVD-Audio capable (many mid-range and above players are capable, e.g. from Denon, Marantz, Harman-kardon, Meridian, Oppo, Pioneer, ...). DVD-Audio players tend to have higher quality audio paths than standard DVD-Video players.
If your interest is for stereo at 24bit/96kHz or 24bit/48kHz, then a standard DVD-Video disc is a sufficient media when played through a good quality player.
Export to audio files if your audio playback devices are PC or Mac or Media center or Multimedia disc based player.
The exported mp4 files are compatible with iTunes. You can remaster a standard iTunes track (i.e. stereo 16bit/44.1kHz .m4a) to a high-definition surround track (i.e. 5.1, up to 16bit/96kHz .mp4) and reimport it to iTunes for an improved experience. AAC/mp4 is generally considered superior to mp3.
MKV is a flexible container format that combines audio tracks and video tracks. Cirlinca's applications export MKV files that combine compressed A/52 or uncompressed WAV/FLAC with MPEG2 video for a musical slideshow. VLC is a well known free MKV player.
HD-Audio Solo Ultra
HD-Audio Remaster
DVD-Audio Solo
