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mml · 6th December 2006

OK, so I know this is in Bob Katz' book, but I don't have it with me and I need to bounce some mixes down. My question: Do I need to put dither on the Master buss if I'm going from 24 bit 44kHz to 24 bit 44kHz? Does it help correct the summing math distortion? This is pre- master. I'm just trying to get my mixes to the highest quality stereo files they can be, before mastering. It will be dithered at that point again of course, but is there an advantage to adding dither when mixing any tracks together?

Thanks for any enlightenment.

6th December 2006	#1
mml Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: LA Posts: 250 Thread Starter	Dither? OK, so I know this is in Bob Katz' book, but I don't have it with me and I need to bounce some mixes down. My question: Do I need to put dither on the Master buss if I'm going from 24 bit 44kHz to 24 bit 44kHz? Does it help correct the summing math distortion? This is pre- master. I'm just trying to get my mixes to the highest quality stereo files they can be, before mastering. It will be dithered at that point again of course, but is there an advantage to adding dither when mixing any tracks together? Thanks for any enlightenment.