In a previous article, we discussed analog audio SNR concepts. As mentioned, the dynamic range is restricted at the top by clipping (THD ≤1 percent) and at the bottom by the thermal noise combined ...

Just about all the newest living room audio-video electronics and PC multimedia products being designed today will incorporate some form of compressed digitized-audio processing capability. Three ...

Lossless data compression of digital audio signals is useful when it is necessary to minimize the storage space or transmission bandwidth of audio data while still maintaining archival quality.

Once you've mastered the basics, hit up this tutorial on parallel compression and find out how limiting, sidechaining and multiband compression can shape your sound When you purchase through links on ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Compression is the most complex of all audio effects or processes available to the modern audio ...

I recently received a letter from Tom Lento, a broadcast technology marketing consultant, commenting on my March 5 column about the variance of audio levels in TV programming. Tom writes: "I'd be ...

Over the years, we’ve seen tremendous improvements to the process of capturing sound in digital form and then playing it back for human ears. However, lossy compression, which cuts file sizes and ...

There are many more amps equipped with built-in signage processing than there were just a couple of years ago, and that’s great news for installers. DSPs give them the power to configure audio systems ...