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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This column is devoted to the basics of audio compression, a powerful signal-processing technique ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is a divergence in the use of digital audio data compression and bit-rate reduction ...

Musicians and recording engineers spend months, sometimes years and a ton of cash producing a record that not only accurately ...

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 ...

In an age when Apple has become the top music retailer without selling a single physical disc, audio engineers are increasingly creating specially mastered versions of songs and albums designed to ...

Most wireless headphones and speakers rely on some type of digital signal processing. Here's what you need to know about DSP—and why it's hard to avoid. I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Regular compression can be hard enough to get your head around, so you'd be forgiven for ...