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DitherYou record at 24 bits but needs to convert to 16 bits to create a CD.
![]() Spectrograph Plot of a 24 Bit 100Hz Sine Wave
![]() Spectrograph Plot of a 24 Bit 100Hz Sine Wave Truncated to 16 Bits
![]() Spectrograph Plot of 24 bit Sine Wave Dithered to 16 bits
Adding dither is mixing the audio with some random noise. It has two effects: The sound of jitterCsaba Horváth published a test with dither from bit 12 to 16. Gives you a taste of how it sounds and the magnitude. As the file contains no audio, it gives you also a taste of the contribution of these lower bits. Indeed you have to crank up the volume substantial to make them audible.
Listening test: Quantization noise & bit-depth References
© Vincent Kars
November 20, 2022
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