Dither down to 16 bit Before mixing?

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I stumbled accross this quote from a fellow homerecorder that seems to apply here, but I don't quite understand the nuts & bolts of getting it done. He says:

" Also if you record digitally while it is better to record in 24 bit make sure you mix dithered to 16 bit. I did a mix all in 24 bit once and while it was a little muddy in 24 bit, it was just horrible after the dither to 16bit. "

So in Cakewalk HS XL, I just make a whole new work file (copy) of the original 24-bit recording dither down to 16-bit, and then do all my mixing in this new work file?. I've seen the menus and options for dithering in Cakewalk but never gave them a second thought because it seemed so far down the road. Now I see this comment. It makes sense ( I think). Are there any big stupid things I could do wrong going this route ?

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Seems like you got some bad advice, Alanfc.

You should dither to 16 bits as the VERY LAST THING before burning to a CD. IOW the file should stay at 24 bits for as long as possible.
 
I see , thanks James. You are wacky

OK so how many plug-ins do you use on a given song? My Cakewalk HS XL tells me -NO- after about 16 or so. Just like the stock fx in Cakewalk. I haven't had a problem with that recently but I was curious. Its too bad to have unlimited trax but limted fx.. I'll have to get the whole aux bus fx thing straight one of these days then hopefully I won't have that problem
 
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