Converting wav to mp3 - #bits question

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:38 am

Hi all

Can one convert a 24-bit wav file directly to mp3? Or does it need to be dithered down to 16 bits first?

If it's possible, might there be a difference in quality between creating an mp3 file using one method or the other?

TIA,

Royston

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:43 am

I am not shure if you can, but my guess is, that you would be better of spending the Bytes on higher frequency compression.

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:20 am

You can export directly in mp3, provided you insert dithering. mp3 is usually a 16bit compressed file, so do as it was a common wave export.

Somebody applies different mastering plugins for mp3, to compensate loss of data in the extremes, but regarding dithering nothing changes.