Is the noise I’m hearing from bit depth reduction quantization noise? (in: Production Technique…)

By: drissa
19 Feb 09:59

hey everyone,
i have done some tests to understand bit depth reduction better and wanted to check if i’m on the right track.here’s what i did:

i took a 24-bit file in ableton and exported it to 16-bit without using dither.
then i brought the 16-bit file back into ableton, put it on a new track, inverted the polarity, and did a null test against the original 24-bit file.
as expected, the files canceled each other out, but when i boosted the master by about 36 dB, i heard some noise.
i ran th…

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