Dithering and aiff to wav conversion - Logic 9
Jul 25th, 2010, 05:07
Hi Guys,
just had this problem -
mastering a track in waveburner (red book standard, including ISRC codes) - burning a master CD, employing POW-R 1 dithering (24 bit aiff
to 16 bit CD)
Now I need a 16 bit wavv of the track, to upload to Zimbalam.
So, reload the CD, import the track into a Logic 9 project and bounce it to 16 bit wavv.
Now, by applying dithering at this stage have I lost my resolution?
I bounced with and without dither, and compared to the 16 aiff file imported from the master CD...
Too be honest I can't tell much, if any difference. I suppose my preference would be maybe the undithered wav, but it seems moot to my ears.
But doesn't Logic raise the bit rate anyway to create an overview before converting? Do you lose resolution either way?
Is there a right way of doing this?
Cheers!
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