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Re: 24 bit vs 16 bit recordings

Subject: Re: 24 bit vs 16 bit recordings
From: "Lou Judson" inaudio
Date: Sun May 20, 2007 7:54 am ((PDT))
Did you use proper dithering when you made the master for CD? Simply  
converting 24 to 16 without dither will sound poor. And what kind of  
dither used is another subject!

<L>
On May 19, 2007, at 12:54 PM, Paul Delcour wrote:

> I once recorded by accident on my Edirol R4 in 24/96 mode. When I
> downgraded to 16/44.1 I definitely could hear the loss in quality, in
> detail mostly and lack of airyness, ie ambient space.





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