Topic: How to dither down?

[KLowe]

Can CDwave Dither down a show from 48 to 44.1?  And if the show is tracked do I have to dither each soundfile individually?

What is the best, easiest, and free dithering software?

Thanks for any help.

BTW....whoever made this recording...  IT is INCREDBLE.... and thank you.

04-10-05
Galactic
Granada Theater
Lawrence, KS.

Source-
AKG480/CK61(DIN, slightly LOC)>V2>VXPocket440>Laptop(CubaseSX@24/48)

Lineage-
Laptop>Wavelab(DSP, Fades, & Tracking)>FLAC

-This is a 24bit 48kHz fileset-

[lds490]

Actually, you are talking about downsampling, not dithering.  Dithering refers to changing the bit depth, not the sample rate.  I don't recall if you can do it with CD Wave (probably can).  You can download Goldwave for free.  It will do what you are looking for.  Select the "batch processing" function to do all the files at once.  You can also download a 30-day trial copy of Adobe Audition, which is a great program.

[Brian Skalinder]

Are you trying to resample and dither so you can burn to CD?  Otherwise, what's point of resampling from 48k > 44.1k?

Check out freeware Audacity.  Resample first, then dither.

[dklein]

r8brain does this for free as well.
http://www.voxengo.com/r8brain/

[KLowe]

Thanks to everyone for the help.

Brian, I am trying to make a 48/24 recording playable on a regular cd player.

The r8brain thing looks pretty idiot proof...I'm gonna try that.

Thanks....this site is the Tits!

Kevin

[dunebug81]

Total noob question...why bother recording in anything other then 16/44.1 if all youre goingto do is resample /dither it down to 16/44.1 for burning on CD.  Will the recording sound better once its been edited?  Obviously if youre going to listen to it on your stereo or whatever then I see the point...but not if you just plan on burning it on CD.

[OFOTD]

Confuscious say:

Its always better to start with more than less

You can always cut but never add

[it-goes-to-eleven]

There are some fine suggestions here but this thread hasn't answered what I hoped it would..

Who has the BETTER dither?

While I sometimes use Audacity for simple edits and fades, I would be reluctant to use it for something as critical as dither without a lot of testing (by someone, not necessarily me) to back it up.

Obviously, there are a Massive number of ways to dither from 24 to 16 (packages and options).  They can't all be equal.

My Minime does UV22HR.  Does anyone do that in software?  Is it the 'best way' to dither?  What is?

Thanks!

[Brian]

Total noob question...why bother recording in anything other then 16/44.1 if all youre goingto do is resample /dither it down to 16/44.1 for burning on CD. Will the recording sound better once its been edited? Obviously if youre going to listen to it on your stereo or whatever then I see the point...but not if you just plan on burning it on CD.

dithered down audio from 24bit sounds better than straight 16/44.1 to my ears.  that's why i would do it.

I like the apogee dither but I like POW-r noise type 2 and 3 more. 

[dmonterisi]

My Minime does UV22HR.  Does anyone do that in software?  Is it the 'best way' to dither?  What is?

can't say if it's the best, but it's got much taper street cred since it's in the apogee products.  it's bundled into Wavelab.