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Title: r8brain dithering
Post by: KLowe on October 08, 2007, 12:46:01 PM

Hey yall.
I have been reading the dither threads and have learned a ton from them.  Thank you all for taking time to do the comps and post the results.  Question is this. 

What is the "general opinion" of the r8brain dither?

I really like the program for the simplicity and the batching option but have noticed the cymbals becoming a bit "grainy" after a dither. 

Any "superior" dithering programs that allow batch processing?

Thanks.

KLowe

Title: Re: r8brain dithering
Post by: dorrcoq on October 15, 2007, 03:56:06 PM

I'm not sure if it is "superior", but Cool Edit Pro 2 allows batch processing.

Title: Re: r8brain dithering
Post by: Brian Skalinder on October 15, 2007, 04:01:46 PM

AFAIK, many of the commonly used audio editors have batch capabilities.  I know Audition/CEP, Samplitude SE, and WaveLab do.  Dunno about SoundForge or a couple of the others.  I think Audacity does not.

Pick your preferred editor / dither algo, and give it a go.

Dither comp:  download info (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,51476.0.html), discussion (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,51478.0.html).

Title: Re: r8brain dithering
Post by: terrapinj on October 15, 2007, 06:53:09 PM

Quote from: Brian Skalinder on October 15, 2007, 04:01:46 PM

AFAIK, many of the commonly used audio editors have batch capabilities.  I know Audition/CEP, Samplitude SE, and WaveLab do.  Dunno about SoundForge or a couple of the others.  I think Audacity does not.

Pick your preferred editor / dither algo, and give it a go.

Dither comp:  download info (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,51476.0.html), discussion (http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,51478.0.html).

soundforge has batch processing as well

Title: Re: r8brain dithering
Post by: boojum on October 16, 2007, 01:40:35 PM

Question: do they all dither and resample equally well?

Title: Re: r8brain dithering
Post by: Brian Skalinder on October 16, 2007, 01:47:21 PM

Quote from: boojum on October 16, 2007, 01:40:35 PM

Question: do they all dither and resample equally well?

No.  Whether it's noticeable or not depends on a lot of factors.  Follow the links for the dither comp to listen to the differences between many of the common dither algos.  Can't help on comp of resampling.