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Title: dithering suggestions
Post by: Nick Culbreth on December 07, 2003, 08:21:03 PM

i finally got a chance to use the minime to record 24/48 w/ my laptop and it actually worked but now i need to dither to 16 bit.  any suggestions about the best way to do it?

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: super-phat-al on December 07, 2003, 08:22:35 PM

cool edit should take care of that

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: Simp-Dawg on December 07, 2003, 08:26:02 PM

what software are you using / do you have?
wavelab's dither uses the apogee uvhr22 algorithm.  sound forge can also dither.  do you need specific instructions on what to click to get it done?

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: Nick Culbreth on December 07, 2003, 08:35:12 PM

i use soundforge 7.0 and figured out how to dither i'm just looking to see what that "best" dithering scheme is.  i might have to pick up wavelab and use uv22hr

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: Cooker on December 07, 2003, 09:01:24 PM

uv22hr in wavelab *should* be the same as the minime being set to dither to 16 bit...  pm me if you need help finding a "Demo" version

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: DaryanLenz on December 07, 2003, 09:19:19 PM

Does anyone have a 4.1 demo?

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: the yokel on December 07, 2003, 10:01:00 PM

I posted this yesterday mistakenly in the wrong post.  This post is probably more appropriate anyway.  After listening to these i wouldn't even consider using Sound forge for dithering, you be your own judge though.  

("the Waves L2 IDR dither (DirectX plugin) is pretty sweet."  MattD taken from the wavelcrash thread)

Speeking of dithering, did anyone see this post on Oades a while back.  http://www.24-96.net/dither/blind_shootout.htm  It's a blind dither test.  I chose 5 & narrowed them down in order before i submitted the 1 liked the best.  I did like 2 of the waves plug-ins but i liked the MBM's better.  Just wondering what you guys thought as well.  Also does anyone know if there is an affordable plug in pack of just dither algo's for either waves or MBM?

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: scb on December 08, 2003, 09:29:59 AM

megabitmax is only available on the mac at the moment in TC's Spark

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: nic on December 08, 2003, 11:15:47 AM

wow, according to the results on that blind test, uvhr22 got its ass spanked!

the real questions are who voted, on what playback system and do they have a clue?

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: DaryanLenz on December 08, 2003, 11:40:35 AM

So where do we get the good ones????

D

Title: Re:dithering suggestions
Post by: MattD on December 08, 2003, 04:46:54 PM

Quote from: luvean on December 08, 2003, 11:15:47 AM

the real questions are who voted, on what playback system and do they have a clue?

Up to a point, it doesn't matter. If you can hear the artifacts on a shitty system, you are also likely to hear it on a good system.

I was surprised at how low I ranked the POW-r methods, as I'd heard good things about them and used #3 myself for a while.