> ** Original Message follows... > From: "Gilles Ruppert" <denise.ruppert@...> > > Well 24 bit is definitely worth it! You have to pay attention though: when > bouncing to disk (16 bit), you have to dither or noise-shape your > recordings! (well I have to admit that I never used the LAP's Dither Plug > In, I always use the Waves Ultramaximizer... Hi, I also use the Waves Ultramaximizer but I was wondering exactly what does the selection "16 bit" and/or "24bit" in the Bounce to Disk dialog do? If I'm already dithering thru Waves, does this setting have any function other than setting the final bit-depth of the bounced file? In other words - does this setting perform truncation or does dithering in Waves canel this out? Thanks, mars

At 1:15 AM -0500 6/6/00, mars@... wrote: >Hi, > I also use the Waves Ultramaximizer but I was wondering exactly >what does the selection >"16 bit" and/or "24bit" in the Bounce to Disk dialog do? If I'm >already dithering thru Waves, >does this setting have any function other than setting the final >bit-depth of the bounced file? In >other words - does this setting perform truncation or does dithering >in Waves canel this out? > >Thanks, > >mars If you dither your mix to 16 and then do a 24 bit bounce, your mix will be a 24 bit file with the last 8 bits all zeros. It won't be truncated. In fact you could convert this resulting file to 16 bit without dithering and it would sound fine, as you would be just truncating 8 bits of zeros. If you want a 16 bit file, bounce at 16 bit, with the dither on. If you want a 24 bit file, turn the dither off and bounce at 24 bits. HTH Malcolm -- ----------------- Malcolm Payne Music San Francisco