Dither Out Page; Specify Dithering And Word Length Of The Digital Outputs - Yamaha AW4416 Reference Manual

SET UP screen

Specify dithering and word length of the digital outputs

[Function]
Turn dithering on/off and specify the word
length of the output signal for the various
digital outputs.
[Key operation]
• [SETUP] key [F1] (Dither Out) key
• Repeatedly press the [SETUP] key until the
screen shown at the right appears.
*1. In the SET UP screen, the tabs displayed at
the bottom of the screen are divided into
two groups. If the Dither Out tab is not
assigned to the [F1] key when you press
the [SETUP] key, press the [SHIFT] key +
[F1] (CHANGE TAB) key to switch the
tabs.
[Mouse operation]
M button SETU button
[Screen functions]
A
ON/OFF (dithering on/off)
Turn dithering on/off for the DIGITAL STEREO
OUT jack (DIGITAL OUT) or the output chan-
nels of the OPTION I/O slots (OPTION OUT
SLOT).
Tip!
• Dithering is a process by which a small
amount of noise is added to the signal in
order to make the sound smoother, prevent-
ing the obtrusive sound that can occur if bits
are discarded when digital audio data is
transmitted from a high-resolution system to
a lower resolution system (for example when
copying from a 24 bit system to a 16 bit sys-
tem).
• For digital I/O cards, dithering is switched
on/off by pairs of adjacent odd-numbered
even-numbered channels (channels 1/2, 3/4,
...).
B
WORD LENGTH (BIT)
Select the word length (number of bits) for the
signals that are output to the DIGITAL STEREO
OUT jack (DIGITAL OUT) or to digital I/O cards
installed in the OPTION I/O slots (OPTION
OUT SLOT). Set this to the word length of the
destination device.
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Dither Out page

(*1)
Dither Out tab
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Additional functions in the Dither
Out page
In the Dither Out page, you can press the [SHIFT]
key to assign the following function to the [F1] key.
F1
• [F1] (CHANGE TAB) key
Switch between the two types of tab display.
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