[linux-audio-user] Re: sound recording application

[Ismael Valladolid Torres]

Paul Davis escribe:
> no audio interface i have ever heard of does dithering. ardour does
> dithering only on export to a bit-reduced disk file (e.g. 16 bit sample
> format). ardour attempts (and generally succeeds) at being a perfect
> bits-in = bits-out. jack offers dithering options but only if the user
> requests them and even then only if the h/w format is bit-reduced from
> the implicit 24 bit format of 32 bit floating point. and of course,
> dithering by jack is only on output.

I assume this makes no sense if I tell jackd to work at 16bit.

BTW dithering should be considered a mastering trick. I humblely
suggest forgetting about dithering except only when mastering.

Cordially, Ismael
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