Howdy guys, although I know what dithering is, I am not sure if most people use it or not. Here is my situation. I record into Cubase at a high bit rate, mix and export at that same bit rate. I will then open the file in Wavelab, do some final touches, and render that to a 16 bit file to burn to a CD. Should I actually be doing any dithering instead of just saving it down to a 16 bit file?

Which is better to use when bouncing files down to lower bit/sample rates and why?

regards

I made a recording yesterday using Sonar (mainly because I'm familiar enough with it to know what to do when it crashes mid-concert!).

I moved it into Samplitude for further processing, and was very pleased with the sound. When I put it on CD most of the detail was retained quite well, but there seemed to be a certain harshness on the sibilants that wasn't on the original recording.

Hi,

I am curious about dithering. Now, I'm coming from a programming stand-point on this. Here's my thoughts:

In 24-bit sound, the amplitude of the wave ranges from -2^23 to 2^23 units (not decibels, but numeric values). In 16-bit sound, the amplitude ranges from -2^15 to 2^15.

2^23 = 8,388,608
2^15 = 32,768

The material I have recorded is at 24 bit 48000. I want to use the L1 as a final stage limiter. Should I downsample and do bit reduction only (no dither) through Cool edit and then run The L1 at 16 bit 44100, or allow Cool edit dither as well. The Waves manual is a little vague on this. Would it be better to simply use the L1 at 24 bit then downsample for CD's using Cool edit

Hi all,

I read in a past thread that the best order to finish tracks is the following:

1) Bring realtive track level up to -.1db

2) Down sample tracks to 44khz (with anti-aliasing)

3) Add dither noise and convert to 16 bit

What is Dithering and Vocoder, what does it do and it's purpose.

hi folks, I'm pretty new to your board...

my first question is about dithering.
i think that i already pretty well know what it does, what its good for and all that stuff...

i am working on a DAW and want to know what program or application to use for the final bit depth change when dithering is applied.

Which is your favorite dithering, when going from 24 to 16 bits?
I myself do enjoy Power dither at level 3.
Nice weekend

After mixing out a song and burning to a CD, it seems like the sound I am hearing on the CD is completely different than that in the studio. I understand the monitors will make a difference but would not dithering from 24 bit to 16 make a large difference in quality? Does anyone have any favorite software for the dithering process?