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#24 bit

September 28, 2018

What the f*ck is dither?

I’m sure there are plenty of incredibly talented engineers that produce exceptional sounding music that doesn't know the first thing about dither. Dither isn’t going to make or break you, and even the most technical engineers will tell you that when working in 24-bit fixed point, the majority of people aren’t going to hear a difference.

WTF

February 23, 2017

What the f*ck is 32 bit floating?

I, like, I’m assuming a portion of the people reading this have heard of 32 bit floating but are still unsure about exactly what it is. What are the advantages? What are the disadvantages? When I asked a friend of mine, who is also an experienced engineer about 32 bit floating point, he told me he didn't know and had never used it.