Monthly Archives: July 2008

Do I need to dither when converting to mp3?

By Ame one | Published July 27, 2008

I been thinking about mp3 conversion lately. I don’t know exactly how it works. I know the general theory but I don’t know anything else. One of the questions I have always wondered, “Is it necessary to use bit reduction and convert a 24 bit song to 16bits before mp3 conversion?” After thinking about it, [...]

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Dither: Does It Matter?

By Ame one | Published July 12, 2008

Dither really seems to be this mystery thing in audio that most people don’t quite have a grasp on. You can use math and plot graphs to explain and show what it does. Bob Katz does a wonderful example of explaining dither with math and graphs. Can’t really argue with the math behind it because [...]

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BMI Part 3: The Conclusion

By Ame one | Published July 9, 2008

Last night before I went to bed I got a couple of emails from BMI. One was my application approval and the other was from Lisa Jacquet. Lisa Jacquet email explained to me that it is BMI’s policy for all artists who reside abroad to fill out a W8 form. At this point I was [...]

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