when do i dither?

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ok recorded in acid in 24 bit so when do i dither? do i dither after limiting and then render the project or how does it work i'm lost lol. and what plugin do you use to dither with? thanks
 
Personally I try to keep it in the highest bit range possible until the very end. I burn audio discs with CD Architect using 24-bit files and dithering to 16 there.
 
Dither should always be the very last step. Any processing done after it will undermine any positive effects it might have offered.

The dither you use mainly depends on what is available to you in the program you use. Some dithers are way better than others.

http://www.24-96.net/dither/results.htm

This should give you a good idea of what the best ones are. But, if you use Sonar, you're more likely to use Powr-3, or UV22HR if you use Cubase, so on and so forth. Izotope Ozone has its own kind found in the loudness maximizer module, called Mbit+, I'm not sure if it's any relation to Megabit Max, but I doubt it.

So there are a few options for you. I don't know what acid uses, but chances are it has its own dither, possibly as a plugin or possibly in the conversion or export options.

GL.
 
If you're sending your material to a *professional* mastering engineer, talk to them to see what they prefer.

For example, I send mine 24/48 (I record at 48) and he dithers it after mastering.
 
thanks guys. so if i record at 24 bit do i dither to 16 bit? and also when i render the track to mp3 does it mess up the dither process?
 
djclueveli said:
thanks guys. so if i record at 24 bit do i dither to 16 bit? and also when i render the track to mp3 does it mess up the dither process?
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Conversion to .mp3 will largely eliminate frequencies over 16kHz, so there is no point in dithering an .mp3, especially at 128kbps or less.
 
i need to convert to mp3 because i need to post my songs and wav files are too big
 
dither doesn't only affect high frequencies.. it changes what would have been digital distortion into a more analog sounding hiss. perhaps in an mp3 this hiss would be less noticeable, but the positive effects would still be the same.

when you publish mp3's, make sure you use 192kbps or more as well as 44.1 khz and the highest quality settings.
 
flatfinger said:
Your so Demanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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reading will help him a lot...

hey, if you cant take a damn nudge, you

1.) dont need to be on HR.COM

2.) dont need to be involved in audio
 
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