The masters for my tracks are 24-bit, 48 khz .wav files, with sample rate conversion from the laserdisc 16/44.1 performed by Weiss Saracon. The 35mm mix's gain has been adjusted so that the dialog level matches the 1993 version, to ensure there is no distracting change in volume when switching audio tracks, and a slightly modified form of Dolby Prologic II in Movie Mode created the main channels for the 5.1 mix. The LFE channel is a heavily edited version of what is on the Bluray release, with a few additional bass effects created by me through the use of a subharmonic synthesizer.

In order to reduce the file size for distribution while maintaining quality, the main tracks of the MKV will be dithered to 16/48 and encoded with DTS lossless compression, while the AVCHD will contain high bitrate AC3 encoded from the 24-bit masters. Since the source tracks were all 16-bit to begin with, there is no real quality loss by downconverting in the end—processing at higher bit depths simply allows for greater precision when changes are made to the files, keeping more of the original quality. Both the 5.1 and the stereo mix sound really good, so I think you'll all be very happy with them. :)