This column is devoted to the basics of audio compression, a powerful signal-processing technique that is poorly understood by almost all of us.

Lossy, which includes formats such as MP3 and AAC that you’re very familiar with, is a type of compression in which some data from the original music is removed during the compression process.

If recorded audio is the starting point, and if so much care is being taken at source to ensure the best possible quality, then why accept any audio process that lessens the creative results of ...

When we talk about audio processing, normally, we refer to the final, on-air processors for AM or FM or HD Radio. There are plenty of other processing needs around a radio station: The need to make ...

Through compression levels up to 20 dB, distortion remained at a respectable 0.05% or less. Compared to today’s audio processors, there were few adjustments and options to consider when setting up the ...

GatesAir has introduced an embedded software update that adds professional ten-band audio processing software from ATC Labs, a specialist in audio compression and processing technologies, within ...

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 ...

Audio processing stands as a cornerstone of modern engineering and multimedia applications, bridging the transition from analogue methods to sophisticated digital techniques. Advances in digital ...

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 ...