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Originally Posted by irthwirm  Anyone care to answer the PT's question about it's dithering??? How does it compare to other 3rd party converters? |
For most of us, dither is dither. Some of the Golden-Ear-type MEs I've worked with have their preferences, but I've never taken the time to do a dither shoot-out (yaaawwnnn! Count me out).
Years ago, a mentor told me to use POW-r dither, so I do. He even told me which types to use for which styles of music, but I've since forgotten. I know I've seen a Bob Katz (at least, I'm pretty sure it's Bob Katz) article about it on the innerwebs, though, if you're curious.
Anyway, I'm sure any other dither program would be fine for my purposes - since I only use it to make reference mixes, not final masters - provided I don't hear it (the Waves one is the only one I've ever been able to consistently hear, BTW). In other words, I wouldn't stress about it too much.
EDIT: One more thing - I don't think it's quite right to think of dither as a "convertor", like you mentioned above. All dither is is noise.