Dither or PowDither

[Souf Centrol]

What's the difference, am I using the wrong one? I have 2 Protools books, one told me to use dither(the cheaper one) and the other told me PowDither. Everything comes out sounding good but I always wanted to know what's the difference between the 2

[Souf Centrol]

Didn't mean to post it that many times, I'm a work and this CPU is crap lol

[Souf Centrol]

Can I get some help

[spkguitar]

From the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide:

Dither:
The Dither plug-in is designed for reducing
quantization noise when mixing or fading lowlevel
audio signals during word size reduction to
16-, 18-, or 20-bits.

POW-r dither:

The POW-r Dither plug-in is an advanced type
of dither that provides optimized word length
reduction. It is designed for final-stage critical
mixdown and mastering tasks where the highest
possible fidelity is desired when reducing bit
depth.

The difference is apparent in the descriptions. There is also more information on both in that guide.

[Souf Centrol]

Thanks SPK that was really helpful, where can I find the digirack plug-in guide

[spkguitar]

It's installed as a PDF with the software, along with all of the other manuals.

On a PC they are available from the Windows Start menu under Digidesign->Documentation


On a mac they are under Applications->Digidesign->Documentation

(at least mine are)

[Souf Centrol]

OK I didn't know that, thanks for all of your help it was really appreciated

[Majorek]

Honnestly, I'm pretty sure you couldn't even hear the difference between the two anyway once your mix is dithered.

[albee1952]

Now be a good sport and go delete the other postings of the same question.

[Souf Centrol]

Now be a good sport and go delete the other postings of the same question.

I tried to but I didn't know how, and the only reason it made that many thread was because I was on a [bleep] cpu and it froze, so I kept pressing continue. I did report it and ask someone to take it off, I'm always a good sport