MRC01
Major Contributor
If you are recording acoustic music using microphones, then the mic, the mic preamp, etc. add a certain level of noise. This noise is typically higher/louder than -96 dB. So in effect, the bottom 1-3 bits of each sample are already randomized for you by noise from the mics & mic preamps. You might say the signal already has "analog dither". In this case it seems unnecessary to digitally dither the recording - it would do nothing more than randomize an LSB that is already randomized. It wouldn't hurt, but it wouldn't help.
@j_j or any other of our technical experts care to elaborate?
@j_j or any other of our technical experts care to elaborate?