Originally Posted by John Lawrence Schick
Dither is always an interesting topic to me. Maybe because I can't here any difference when apllying dither, while others can.

Here are two short identical tracks. One has dither added, the other doesn't. All observations will be appreciated.

Best, John smile

Test 1
http://schicksville.com/Music/T-1.mp3

Test 2
http://schicksville.com/Music/T-2.mp3


My understanding of dither is that it is actually adding noise to the digital audio to basically reduce distortion in the lower value sine wavs......
I also know that to create two mp3 files....you would to have had to dither both files....assuming that you are recording at a higher bit rate and as .wav files...not MP3s......

For the life of me...I couldn't hear any difference in between the files. I couldn't see any difference either
(loaded in my DAW)
I also suffer from severe hearing loss and tinnitus due to gigging....and not taking the proper precautions.....so my opinion means diddle.


Last edited by joro; 06/27/11 02:35 AM.