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  • Dithering mode for bouncing vs exporting... (p.2)
10/7/2012
paulo
spacealf


Triangular is suppose to be better than Rectangular or so the Help states.


I don't know anything about it and I'm not saying this is wrong, but if one is better than the other - whats the point of even having the option of selecting the not so good one ?

Personally for mp3 I never bother with it in Sonar and export all wavs @ 24bit and let the mp3 converter (CDex) handle it. I also use a higher quality mp3 than 128kbps - larger files, but they do seem to sound better even on Soundclick after it makes them 128 anyway. Maybe I'm just kidding myself there ?

As Danny has already said, do whatever Bitflipper says about anything and you'll never go far wrong.
10/7/2012
Linear Phase
In Reaper, the Lame Codec used to create MP3 does not need to be dithered...   I can totally create mp3's from 32 bit waveforms no problem..   

However!!

Many of the digital distributors, ( I've recently started distributing my tunes to the download stores, ) and many of the distributors want 16 bit wav files.

So..  What's a guy to do?  Dither.   And know what it is.

My favorite type of dither is Pow r1.  Because, I need a favorite type of dither, and thats it.  I'm also into triangular, and I quite like Pow r3 as well.  

Unfortunately, I hear no difference..   But maybe I would in a completely tuned, perfectly silent, absolutely sound proofed mastering studio.

That's that..  Choose 1 and go with it.


Dither is supposed to be applied after the mastering stage,  when converting a high bit wav to a 16 bit wave.  If you are using dither throughout your projects, on various audio parts, that is screwing you up, "big time!"
10/7/2012
bitflipper
My favorite type of dither is Pow r1.  Because, I need a favorite type of dither, and thats it.

That one's going into my collection of best forum quotes.
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