Yamaha AW2816 Owner's Manual page 262

SETUP screen
Dithering and word length settings for recording tracks
Function
When recording tracks 1–16 and the
stereo track of a 24 bit song, you can
turn dithering on/off and specify the
word length for dithering.
Key operation
• [SETUP] key [F4] (Dither TRK) key
• Repeatedly press the [SETUP] key
until the screen shown at the right
appears.
Screen functions
A
ON/OFF (Dithering on/off)
Turn dithering during recording on/off for adjacent
odd-numbered even-numbered pairs of tracks
(tracks 1/2, 3/4, ...). (The settings of the stereo track
are shared with tracks 1/2.)
Tip!
For details on what dithering does, refer to the Dither
Out page ( P.259).
B
WORD LENGTH (BIT)
Specify the word length (number of bits) used
when recording a track for which dithering is
turned on.
Tip!
For example if you have recorded a song at 24 bit/44.1
kHz, and want to write it to an audio CD with dither-
ing applied, you would set the stereo track to Dither =
on and Word Length = 16 at the time of mixdown.
• You must be careful not to apply dithering two or
more times to the same source. Doing so will elimi-
nate the effect of dithering, and will also degrade the
S/N ratio.
• Since the settings within the pages of the SETUP
screen are common to all songs, they will not be
reset when you switch songs. If you have turned dith-
ering on, we recommend that you always turn it off
when you finish recording.
260
Dither TRK page
Reference section
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