https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-dbfs https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-dbfs dBFS (decibels relative to full scale) measures level in a digital system against the highest level it can represent, which is 0 dBFS. Every other digital level is a negative number below it. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-referenceaudio-basicsmixingmastering https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-sample-rate https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/what-is-sample-rate Sample rate is how many times per second a digital system measures an audio signal, written in hertz or kilohertz. It sets the highest frequency a recording can hold: just under half the sample rate. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT We are the music makers format-referenceaudio-basicsmixingmastering https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/dithering-explained https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/dithering-explained Dither is a tiny amount of deliberate noise added when you cut a file down to a lower bit depth, so the rounding error turns into a smooth hiss instead of gritty distortion. Here is when to switch it on, when to leave it off, and what the noise-shaping options in your bounce dialog are doing. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers masteringmixingworkflowsaudio-basics