the dithering in Waves L2

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2005/11/29 00:35:10 (permalink)

the dithering in Waves L2

Waves L2's precision is 48bit , it has Dither function .

Waves manual says : " There is actually no reason to turn dither Off in normal use. " and " Even if you are using an external dithering system to achieve your final desired wordlength, you should use the L2's IDR to dither to a 24bit output. "

I doubt that if I enable Sonar's 64bit double precision floating point ( and Waves L2 is not the last plugin ) , shoud I enable the Dither in Waves L2 plugin ?

If I disable 64bit ( using 32bit ) , shoud I enable the Dither in Waves L2 plugin ?
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    daverich
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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/04 09:21:22 (permalink)
    disable the L2 dither and just use sonars dither.

    sonar pro uses POW-r 3 which is very very good, better than IDR which is what waves use.

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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/06 11:59:28 (permalink)
    I am with Dave . I also turn off the Dither when using the L1 or L2. POW-r is a great dithering program to use.
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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/07 16:39:10 (permalink)
    <dangling a monkey wrench>

    I don't know guys...IDR is supposed to be a really fantastic dither algorhythm. Some people may argue that IDR is actually better than Pow-R. I dont' know...

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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/07 17:15:31 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: danhazer

    <dangling a monkey wrench>

    I don't know guys...IDR is supposed to be a really fantastic dither algorhythm. Some people may argue that IDR is actually better than Pow-R. I dont' know...

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    Pow-R 2 maybe - but i really doubt 3.

    There is a website which did a shootout - you could probably find it on google.

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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/08 15:48:32 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: danhazer

    <dangling a monkey wrench>

    I don't know guys...IDR is supposed to be a really fantastic dither algorhythm. Some people may argue that IDR is actually better than Pow-R. I dont' know...

    Thanks,

    Never A/B'd the two, Dan.

    I do not use it (IDR) because I leave everything in 24-bit and let CD Architect dither it down when it burns the files to disk. Or is that...disc?
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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/09 09:47:27 (permalink)
    I do not use it (IDR) because I leave everything in 24-bit and let CD Architect dither it down when it burns the files to disk. Or is that...disc?

    Chaz, when CD Architect dithers the file from 24-bit to 16-bit, what dither algorhythm does it use? Does Sony have thier own dither?

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    Dan Monaghan
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    RE: the dithering in Waves L2 2005/12/09 20:01:53 (permalink)
    I think it is Franhaufer (sp?), but am not 100% sure. I will check it out and let you know what I find out, Dan.
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