Ditheri — N0len07

It should be the very last step in your mastering chain.

Without it, quiet fades or low-level signals may sound "choppy" or cut off abruptly due to rounding errors. N0len07 Ditheri

In audio, dithering is the process of adding a minute amount of random noise to a signal to mask "quantization distortion". This is essential whenever you reduce the of a file (e.g., from 32-bit to 16-bit for CD or streaming). It should be the very last step in your mastering chain