Hi Mark. There's another good question. I've read a bunch of stuff on dithering but I haven't noticed the difference. Which do you use, shaped or triangular? Jan On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 12:39, Mark Knecht wrote: > Jan Depner wrote: > > > > Yes, I hear a difference there as well. What I need to do is write a > > script that will play different wav files at random without telling me > > which is which. It should record the order in which they are played and > > I would then rate them by number. Run it a few times and see if I > > really do hear a difference or if it's all in my head. BTW, I'm running > > an ST Audio C-Port DSP2000. > > > > Jan > > > > Jan, > Hi! It's been a while. > > That script may or may not be enough for you to really tell the > difference. One thing many people say is that the human ear is not good > at picking out improvements, but it's great at picking out problems. The > long time example of this is to do something like this: > > 1) Do all your work for a week at one resolution, say 44.1K or 16 bit or > whatever. your ears get used to this. Then move temporarily to some > level you expect is better, like 24/96. In general you won't hear much > improvement. > > 2) Do all your work for one week at a 'better' resolution, such as > 24/96. Then move temporarily to the 16/44.1 environment. In general you > will hear the difference. > > I think another area where this sort of 'logic', if you will, shows > up is when comparing dithering techniques. Sometimes I just can't tell > that a certain dither is better, but often I get an impression that > another is worse. It's all pretty subtle, and when you get old like me > you aren't sure you can trust your ears enough to make a decision. > > Just my 2 cents, > Mark
