JohnnyAmato
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Been doing a lot of research on this, and sorry if it's still a little confusing to me.
I'm making rough "masters" of my material for listening in the car, uploading to my music sites, etc.
The bulk of my material is recorded at 24/48 in Pro Tools 12, and if I want to burn a CD for referencing on other systems like the car, I use Sound Forge 10 to resample to 44.1, then burn (I assume Sound Forge's burner itself changes the Bit-Rate as it burns, as all I do prior is change the sampling. Uploading to sites, I simply upload the 24/48 WAVs.
My questions are these:
For quick rough masters, I'm using the Slate FG-X on my master bus, which has a Dither option. If I'm bouncing out at 24 bits anyway, do I still need to dither? Also, I do my final fades to the bounced master in Sound Forge, and intro and ending cuts (silence), which technically is more processing. Should I not have dithered in PT yet then? Sound Forge has a Dither option also, but only if you change the Bit-Rate manually, which I do not. I only change the sampling rate down to 44.1, which that operation has no Dither option. I just would like to know if I'm doing things right. I suppose if I got more used to doing the final fades in PT itself, it might make things easier, but I still would need to know when to Dither. I've read many conflicting arguments in different threads, and would like to see what people around here think.
Does a 24-bit song/file uploaded to a music site need dithering at all, or is it just needed for conversions down to 16-bit for CD?
The weird thing is, by changing the sampling rate in Sound Forge down to 44.1, it now lets me burn CDs, assuming it automatically changes the Bit-Depth to 16 during the burning process. But if I just change the Bit-Depth manually down to 16, the sampling is still 48,000, and won't let me burn the CD. Again the Bit-Depth operation is the only place I have a Dither option in Sound Forge, so that's adding to my confusion. Should I be doing both of theses steps manually, and adding dither at this final stage, instead of in PT on my master bus?
I hope this all made sense, and any input from the knowledgeable would be GREATLY appreciated!
I'm making rough "masters" of my material for listening in the car, uploading to my music sites, etc.
The bulk of my material is recorded at 24/48 in Pro Tools 12, and if I want to burn a CD for referencing on other systems like the car, I use Sound Forge 10 to resample to 44.1, then burn (I assume Sound Forge's burner itself changes the Bit-Rate as it burns, as all I do prior is change the sampling. Uploading to sites, I simply upload the 24/48 WAVs.
My questions are these:
For quick rough masters, I'm using the Slate FG-X on my master bus, which has a Dither option. If I'm bouncing out at 24 bits anyway, do I still need to dither? Also, I do my final fades to the bounced master in Sound Forge, and intro and ending cuts (silence), which technically is more processing. Should I not have dithered in PT yet then? Sound Forge has a Dither option also, but only if you change the Bit-Rate manually, which I do not. I only change the sampling rate down to 44.1, which that operation has no Dither option. I just would like to know if I'm doing things right. I suppose if I got more used to doing the final fades in PT itself, it might make things easier, but I still would need to know when to Dither. I've read many conflicting arguments in different threads, and would like to see what people around here think.
Does a 24-bit song/file uploaded to a music site need dithering at all, or is it just needed for conversions down to 16-bit for CD?
The weird thing is, by changing the sampling rate in Sound Forge down to 44.1, it now lets me burn CDs, assuming it automatically changes the Bit-Depth to 16 during the burning process. But if I just change the Bit-Depth manually down to 16, the sampling is still 48,000, and won't let me burn the CD. Again the Bit-Depth operation is the only place I have a Dither option in Sound Forge, so that's adding to my confusion. Should I be doing both of theses steps manually, and adding dither at this final stage, instead of in PT on my master bus?
I hope this all made sense, and any input from the knowledgeable would be GREATLY appreciated!