9.3 Dithering
If you are intending to produce an audio CD from your material, then your mix will need to be rendered as a stereo WAV file at 44100 Hz and 16 bit.
Kind: concept (reamix-section) Chapter: 9 The Finishing Touches Source: ReaMix (October 2009)
If you are intending to produce an audio CD from your material, then your mix will need to be rendered as a stereo WAV file at 44100 Hz and 16 bit. Most probably you will have recorded it at 24 bit WAV format, with a sampling rate of 44100 Hz, 48000 Hz or 88200 Hz.
In this event, it is advisable to add dithering at the very end of your Master plug-in chain. In short, dithering is a process that makes the transition from 24 bit down to 16 bit sound better, giving you a smoother conversion.
REAPER supplies a number of dithering plug-ins, any of which can be used if you wish. The JS: Utility/dither shown above is suitable for this purpose. Until such times as you know more about mastering, including dithering, your safest option is to accept the default settings, making sure that 16 bit resolution is selected.
In order to facilitate download speed, the media items used in our sample projects have all been recorded in OGG format. Nevertheless, for illustration purposes a dithering plug-in has been added at the end of the FX Chain inn the Master Track of the file RosesBloom MASTER A.
