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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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Dither: Which is the best?

By Ame one | Published June 18, 2008

Which is the best dither? Truthfully I have no idea. There are several different types available. Before we tackle which is the best dither, let’s examine what dithering does. In short dither is used during bit reduction i.e. 24bit to 16bit. What it essentially does is add noise shaping to smooth out the reduction. It [...]

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