Is it silly or valid workflow?

tamasdragon · 14th March 2008

I am doing mastering processing on pt (often in ptle).
Ok, now a probably stupid question. If I rerecord to track and apply 16bit pow-r dither to it, but the file is still in 24bits. Than I export it to 16bit, as I have dithered before. Is this a valid solution, or no?
Tamas Dragon

peeder · 14th March 2008

Yes that's fine as long as you don't touch it after you have dithered. Dither is always applied just before truncation whether your DAW does it in one place or two.

masteringhouse · 14th March 2008

As peeder said. "Don't touch it" also means no sample rate conversion during export.

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tamasdragon Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,489 Thread Starter	Is it silly or valid workflow? I am doing mastering processing on pt (often in ptle). Ok, now a probably stupid question. If I rerecord to track and apply 16bit pow-r dither to it, but the file is still in 24bits. Than I export it to 16bit, as I have dithered before. Is this a valid solution, or no? Tamas Dragon __________________ tamasdragon.com

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masteringhouse Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Posts: 1,044 Verified Member	As peeder said. "Don't touch it" also means no sample rate conversion during export. __________________ Tom Volpicelli The Mastering House Inc. www.masteringhouse.com

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14th March 2008	#2
peeder Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: No longer participating here. Posts: 6,705	Yes that's fine as long as you don't touch it after you have dithered. Dither is always applied just before truncation whether your DAW does it in one place or two.