24 bit and 16 bit confusion

Submitted by trock on Wed, 09/15/2004 - 16:53

So my question is this

i use either a roland 2480 or Cubase as my main recording environment

SX 2 i should specify.

So should i set my projects up as 44.1/24bit? and then mix down or "dither" (still not sure how or when this works) to 16 bit so i can play on a CD?

the real question is, is there noticeable sound quality improvement?

thanks

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David French

Without going into why, the answer is yes, there is a noticeabl

Without going into why, the answer is yes, there is a noticeable difference in quality. Record in 24 bit, dither for 16 bits, then truncate to 16 bit. Dithering should immediately precede wordlength reduction.

Wed, 09/15/2004 - 17:33 Permalink

trock

hey david thanks for that, although i have to go research the l

hey david

thanks for that, although i have to go research the last 2/3rds of what you said . let me go try and look all that up and figure it out on my own and if i have questions i will get back to the forum here

thanks! :?

Wed, 09/15/2004 - 18:25 Permalink

24 bit and 16 bit confusion

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Without going into why, the answer is yes, there is a noticeabl

hey david thanks for that, although i have to go research the l