On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:39:05 +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
Another of his arguments is the accumulation of
rounding error in
fixed-wordlength systems, which is very valid.
Unlikely it often affects the recording in an audible way.
However, I wouldn't care that much about normalization as the OP does,
with or without, the loudest peak of all tracks should be relatively
close to 0 dBFS, but it doesn't matter if it's a few x.0 dBFS below 0.
Dithering is a much more delicate subject ;).