In audio, the manipulation of the dynamic range of a signal. This is done by reducing the difference between the largest and smallest amplitudes. In video, the reduction of the required data rate. This is done by reducing the amount of data required to reproduce the picture.

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What's the best ubiquitous format for compressed voice audio?

I'm sharing records from phone conferences on my website, and would like to save space. It would be nice if I could use speex as I get about 5:1 compression compared to mp3. However most people would ...
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How do I use the Insert I/O on my Behringer Mixer?

My Behringer X2442USB has a feature called Insert I/O. I understand what Behringer has to say about this feature but now how to use it. From the manual, INSERT Insert points enable the ...
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Re-encoding MP3 reduces quality

If we have an MP3 file and we decode it to an uncompressed WAV file and then later encode it to MP3 again at the same sample rate - why is it that the quality gets degraded? This is a past exam ...