Dither or not to dither that is the question! Please help!

[roijin]

Hello I'm doing a final bounce from the master faders to 2 track 16Bit 44.1 My session is 24 bit so i would like to dither to 16. Usually i have an L1 followed by the Apogee master tools UV22. I set the L1 not to dither before it goes into the UV22 for final 16 but dither. However on the Bounce option menu in pro tools what bounce option resolution should I specify (leave it at 24 bit?) I am confused?????

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16 bit

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somewhere in the planet

[Studio Dweller]

Originally posted by roijin:
Hello I'm doing a final bounce from the master faders to 2 track 16Bit 44.1 My session is 24 bit so i would like to dither to 16. Usually i have an L1 followed by the Apogee master tools UV22. I set the L1 not to dither before it goes into the UV22 for final 16 but dither. However on the Bounce option menu in pro tools what bounce option resolution should I specify (leave it at 24 bit?) I am confused?????

Set to 16 bits. It simply truncates and does not add dither which is what you want in this case since you're already dithering on the master.

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Larry Bentley
Cellar Dweller Productions
www.cellardweller.com

[This message has been edited by Studio Dweller (edited May 09, 2001).]

[Studio Dweller]

Originally posted by knewbee:
I think Studio Dweller meant to say "does NOT add dither", unless I'm mistaken. There was a very long thread on this subject a month or so back. It is kind of confusing...

Yes he does! Oops. I'll edit the message...

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Larry Bentley
Cellar Dweller Productions
www.cellardweller.com

[COCO]

I hope this helps, as I exhausted the patience of many!
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[knewbee]

I think Studio Dweller meant to say "does NOT add dither", unless I'm mistaken. There was a very long thread on this subject a month or so back. It is kind of confusing...