Audio Dithering 101 — What is Dither?

An explanation and visual breakdown of audio dithering.

[cornbone]

this is the BEST explanation of this I've seen!! i finally felt the concept really click in my brain. thank you so much! 7 years later and this video is still so helpful to many people

[Masalaofficial]

The best explanation that can be find for that !
Tnx !

[fureaongaku]

thanks dude, literally no one talks about this topic so well done.

[musicmashane]

Wow! What an amazing video to explain this using extreme examples so we can actually both hear and see what's going on! I love this and also think it's the best video on Dithering out there that I've come across so far!

[theevolversuniverse]

Thanks so much for taking the time to organize this video with audio examples because when I read an article on dithering, I understood what it was saying, but I couldn't visualize what it was saying. Now I can!

[Chrisp]

Definitely gave me a new insight about dithering. I really had no idea how it worked, just that it was necessary. Thank you!

[rickyred]

Eric Tarr's tutorials are always excellent

[proaudiofiles]

New video from Eric Tarr all about dithering.

[MixmanD]

This is a super-clear discussion of an abstruse topic, and makes a very good case for noise shaping!! :) Thank you!!

[drampadreg]

A great video to understanding one of the most important "bits" of digital recording, especially if you are going from analog to digital and things just aren't working like they used to! I think this is the first lesson anyone entering digital recording needs to understand and your video did that quite nicely! Thanks for the helpful information.

[kuldeepgohel]

you are a GEM MY FRIEND! world won't need schools if YouTube is utilized in such an exceptional way!

[mannyleigh]

This is one of the most useful videos I have seen in a long time Thank You!

[CORNELIUSJOHNSONCJAZZ]

Great illustration on Dither. I viewed this to refresh myself as a mixer and mastering engineer. I got because I was being a second ear for a song and low and mid level random noises in a supposively mastered version. I a MTSU Recording graduate 2014.

[ilan.woodward]

Ive still got loads to learn and loads to understand, but this was so great and informative for a beginner like me. I can hear the differences and sort of see what causes the magic. I just need to dig in with time and practice. Thanks for making it conceptually graspable!

[ColorfullHD]

Very, very good tutorial for newbies like me who just discovered the concept of dithering. It's something not talked about alot but it' so seems to be very useful. Thanks for the tutorial! <3

[AkshatMehrotra]

very well made video. great explanation. Never understood dithering like this before. thanks a lot. Could you make one on summing of audio and its effects in ITB mix downs?

[vincentsimeon]

I barely make comments on the net but this vidéo is really the best one to understand dither I ever saw on the net (And I am a french language guy). Congratulations Sir Tarr !

[twoHRdrive]

this was just interesting from a technical standpoint, too... great video

[absinha]

Brilliant dude! I had no idea what dithering was. Makes complete sense now! Thanks! You have excellent examples!

[Spoolz]

Now I understand!! Superbly explained, thank you very much. Excellent presentation.