Hi. Recently started recording in 32-bit float and am wondering how to handle saving the file to 24-bit for final delivery. Does Amadeus apply dither automatically upon saving or will it truncate unless you manually dither--and how best to do that?
Thanks in advance,
James
32-bit float and dither?
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Re: 32-bit float and dither?
A 32-bit float does only have 24 bit of precision for values between -1 and 1 (the rest is for storing the exponent, which would be 0 in this case), so the answer is that it is truncated, if you will, but that this does not actually result in any meaningful information loss. When saving to 16 bit, then the 8 least significant bits are discarded, no automatic dithering.
Re: 32-bit float and dither?
Thank you. Last question: Is anything labeled as “32-bit” in Amadeus, actually 32-bit float?
For example, after importing a 32-bit float recording and making edits, does clicking “save” keep the file in float?
For example, after importing a 32-bit float recording and making edits, does clicking “save” keep the file in float?