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.
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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...
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