Batch utility to convert 24 to 16 bit

any recommend a batch utility to convert 24 to 16 bit for a sound library? thx Alan

Thanks Rohan & Rockbottom.
Library conversion was smooth. Logic performed(seemingly)flawlessly.Samples sound great.Used #3 dither. I converted the Giovani Edition by Bela D. Most of what i do is fine to my ears at 16 bit & my rig never ever even flinches. Many of the new great sound librarys out there are 24 bit & now i can choose which bit world to be in depending on the project.
Rohan, i poked around your site.Really great music.But it was late that night & i was kind of chilling & was digging the "Peter Pan" cue & then the Coo Coo clock scareded me out of my seat.
Cheers,
Alan

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Not sure these embedded images will work.
8% zoomed - see all the strange banding and triangular artifacts
<a href="http://imgur.com/izrGuia"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/izrGuia.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
Flattened view - all smooth:
<a href="http://imgur.com/Pn35IAK"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Pn35IAK.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
50% zoom, still there:
<a href="http://imgur.com/Z207hFd"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Z207hFd.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
100% artifacts disappear:
<a href="http://imgur.com/6aGOz0V"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/6aGOz0V.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
100% 16-bit layered
<a href="http://imgur.com/0XJfe5e"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/0XJfe5e.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
and finally 8-bit layered converted from 16-bit with dither.
<a href="http://imgur.com/PSxiu43"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/PSxiu43.png" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
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I can't speak to why, perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can speak to that. But if it only happens at certain views then it's purely a display issue; it won't happen in print or when you downsample to display size. Such banding issues have always disappeared for me when I output to 8 bit.
I'd assume that it's because of your monitor; it can't display all the colors and when zoomed out there's too wide of a range in a small area so banding occurs. But that's just my guess.

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