I am using Logic Pro X to edit music files downloaded from Bandcamp and burned from CD. Basically, if an audio file has a long lead in or tail that is just silence I open it in Logic and trim up the file to make the album flow smoother.
I download from Bandcamp in ALAC and I also burn CD's to this format. I'm then opening a file in Logic, trimming the file and presently I've been just exporting them (not bouncing). So Export 1 track as audio file. It is my understanding this method does not add dithering and doesn't even offer the option as bouncing does.
I've read that you shouldn't apply dither to files that have already been dithered. Being that these songs have likely already had dithering applied at some point before purchase, am I correct in not dithering these files when I export? Or since in many cases I'm exporting them in 16 bit 44.1/48 kHz would dithering be recommended? I am not converting at any point into a lossy format, which is what I've read dithering is supposed to be of benefit for.
Thanks in advance for any clarification.
I download from Bandcamp in ALAC and I also burn CD's to this format. I'm then opening a file in Logic, trimming the file and presently I've been just exporting them (not bouncing). So Export 1 track as audio file. It is my understanding this method does not add dithering and doesn't even offer the option as bouncing does.
I've read that you shouldn't apply dither to files that have already been dithered. Being that these songs have likely already had dithering applied at some point before purchase, am I correct in not dithering these files when I export? Or since in many cases I'm exporting them in 16 bit 44.1/48 kHz would dithering be recommended? I am not converting at any point into a lossy format, which is what I've read dithering is supposed to be of benefit for.
Thanks in advance for any clarification.