Gearslutz.com - View Single Post - dither me this
thread: dither me this
View Single Post
Old 31st May 2007   #5
theblue1
Gear Guru
 
theblue1's Avatar
 
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 15,071

Dithering does NOT mean processing digital audio into perceptual encoding formats like mp3, AAC, WMA -- and NEITHER does it mean reducing bit depth, though some self-styled "recording engineers" habitually, grossly misuse the term in that way.

Quote:
Dither is an intentionally applied form of noise, used to randomize quantization error, thereby preventing large-scale patterns such as countouring that are more objectionable than uncorrelated noise. Dither is routinely used in processing of both digital audio and digital video data...
Dither - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
theblue1 is offline   Reply With Quote