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==A==
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== A ==
* [[AAC]]
* AAC → [[Advanced Audio Coding]]
* [[ABR]]
* ABR → [[Average Bitrate]]
* [[ABX]]/[[ABX|ABX testing]]
* [[Absolute Threshold of Hearing]]
* [[ABX]] (testing)
* [[AC3]]
* [[AC3]]
* [[Advanced Audio Coding]]
* [[Advanced SCSI Programming Interface]]
* [[Aliasing]]
* [[Aliasing]]
* [[AltPresets]]
* [[AltPresets]]
* [[Frequency|Amplitude]] and [[Frequency]]
* [[Ambisonics]]  
* [[APE]] (extension for [[Monkey's Audio]])
* [[Amplitude]]
* [[Artifact]]/[[Artifact|Distortion]]
* APE [[Monkey's Audio]]
* [[ATH]] (absolute threshold of hearing)/[[ATH|LTQ]] (level of threshold in quiet)
* [[APE tags]]
 
* [[Artifact]]
==B==
* ATH → [[Absolute Threshold of Hearing]]
* ASIO → [[Audio Stream Input/Output]]
* ASPI → [[Advanced SCSI Programming Interface]]
* [[Audio Stream Input/Output]]
* [[Average Bitrate]]


== B ==
* Band reject → [[Bandstop filter]]
* [[Bandpass filter]]
* [[Bandpass filter]]
* [[Bandstop filter]]/[[Bandstop filter|Band reject]]
* [[Bandstop filter]]
* [[Bandwidth]]
* [[Bandwidth]]
* [[Bark]]
* [[Bark]]
* [[Bel]]
* [[Bit depth]]
* [[Bit reservoir]]
* [[Bit reservoir]]
* [[Bitrate]]
* [[Bitrate]]
* Bits per sample → [[Bit depth]]
* [[Blind test]]
* [[Blind test]]
* [[Block switching]]
* [[Block switching]]
* [[BSAC]] (Bit-sliced arithmetic coding)


 
== C ==
==C==
* CBR [[Constant Bitrate]]
 
* [[CBR]]/[[Constant bitrate]]/[[CBR|Constant bitrate coding]]
* [[Channel coupling]]
* [[Channel coupling]]
* [[Clipping]]
* [[Clipping]]
* [[Codec]]
* [[Codec]]
* [[Constant Bitrate]]
* Constant bitrate coding → [[Constant Bitrate]]
* [[Container format]]
* [[Container format]]
* [[Critical band]]
* [[Critical band]]
* [[C1/C2 errors]]


 
== D ==
==D==
* dB [[Bel]]
 
* [[dB]]/[[dB|Decibel]]
* [[DC coefficient]]
* [[DC coefficient]]
* [[DCT]]
* DCT → [[Discrete Cosine Transform]]
* [[DCT coefficient]]
* [[DCT coefficient]]
* [[DRM]]
* Decibel → [[Bel]]
* [[DSP]]
* [[Digital Radio Mondiale]]
* [[Digital Rights Management]]
* [[Digital Signal Processor]]
* [[Discrete Cosine Transform]]
* Distortion → [[Artifact]]
* [[Dither]]
* DRM → [[Digital Radio Mondiale]]
* DRM → [[Digital Rights Management]]
* DSP → [[Digital Signal Processor]]
* [[DTS]]
* [[DTS]]


 
== F ==
==F==
* [[Fast Fourier Transform]]
 
* FFT → [[Fast Fourier Transform]]
* [[FFT]]
* [[Filterbank]]
* [[Filterbank]]
* [[FIR filter]] (Finite Impulse Response Filters)
* [[Finite Impulse Response Filter]]s
* [[FLAC]]
* FIR filter Finite Impulse Response Filter
* [[Frequency]] and [[Amplitude]]
* FLAC → [[Free Lossless Audio Codec]]
* [[Free Lossless Audio Codec]]
* [[Frequency]]
* [[Frequency domain]]
* [[Frequency domain]]


==H==
== H ==
 
* [[Harmonics]]
* [[Harmonics]]
* [[Highpass]] Filter
* [[Highpass]]
* [[Huffman coding]]
* [[Huffman coding]]
* [[HDMI]] (High Definition Multimedia Interface)


 
== I ==
==I==
* [[ID3]]
 
* IIR filter Infinite Impulse Response Filter
* [[IIR filter]] (Infinite Impulse Response Filters)
* [[Impulse]]
* [[Impulse]]
* [[Infinite Impulse Response Filter]]s
* [[Intensity stereo]]
* [[Intensity stereo]]
* [[Inverse mix]]
* [[Inverse mix]]


 
== J ==
==J==
 
* [[Joint stereo]]
* [[Joint stereo]]


 
== L ==
==L==
* [[LFE]] (Low Frequency Extension)
 
* [[Linear Predictive Coding]]
* [[LFE]] - Low Frequency Extension
* LPAC →  [[Lossless Predictive Audio Compression]]
* [[LPAC]]
* [[LPC]] ([[Linear Predictive Coding]])
* [[Long block]]
* [[Long block]]
* [[Lossless]]
* [[Lossless]]
* [[Lossless Predictive Audio Compression]]
* [[Lossy]]
* [[Lossy]]
* [[Lowpass]] Filter
* [[Lowpass]]
* [[ATH|LTQ]] (level of threshold in quiet)
* LTQ (Level of Threshold in Quiet) → [[Absolute Threshold of Hearing]]
 
==M==


== M ==
* [[Masking]]
* [[Masking]]
* [[MDCT]]
* MDCT → [[Modified Discrete Cosine Transform]]
* [[Metadata]]
* [[Mid-side stereo]]
* [[Mid-side stereo]]
* [[Modified Discrete Cosine Transform]]
* [[Monkey's Audio]]
* [[Monkey's Audio]]
* [[MP3]] (MPEG 1 audio layer 3)
* MP+ → [[Musepack]]
* [[MP3]] (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3)
* [[MP3Pro]]
* [[MP3Pro]]
* [[MPC]]/[[MPC|MP+]]/[[Musepack]]/[[MPC|Mpeg Plus]]
* MPC [[Musepack]]
* [[Mpeg]]/Motion Picture Expert Group
* Mpeg Plus → [[Musepack]]
* [[Mpeg]] (Motion Picture Expert Group)
* [[MPEG-4]]
* [[Multichannel]]
* [[Multichannel]]
* [[Musepack]]


 
== N ==
==N==
 
* [[Neural network]]
* [[Neural network]]
* [[Noise shaping]]
* [[Noise shaping]]
* [[Noise like signals]]
* [[Noise normalization]]  
* [[Notch filter]]
* [[Notch filter]]
* [[Nyquist rate]]/[[Nyquist rate|Nyquist frequency]]/[[Nyquist rate|Nyquist sampling theorem]]
* [[Nyquist frequency]]
 
* [[Nyquist rate]]
 
* [[Nyquist sampling theorem]]
==O==


== O ==
* [[Ogg]]
* [[Ogg]]
* [[Ogg Vorbis]]
* (Ogg) [[Vorbis]]
* [[OptimFROG]]
* [[OptimFROG]]


 
== P ==
==P==
* [[Parametric stereo]]
 
* PCM → [[Pulse Code Modulation]]
* [[PCM]]
* [[Perceptual Noise Substitution]]
* [[Pre echo]]/[[Pre echo|Post echo]]
* PNS → Perceptual Noise Substitution
* [[Point stereo]]
* [[Post echo]]
* [[Post-masking]]
* [[Pre echo]]
* [[Pre-masking]]
* PS → [[Parametric stereo]]
* [[Psychoacoustic]]
* [[Psychoacoustic]]
* [[Psychoacoustic model]]
* Psychoacoustic model → [[Psychoacoustic#Psychoacoustic model]]
 
* [[Pulse Code Modulation]]
 
==Q==


* [[Quantize]]/[[Quantizer]]/[[Quantization]]
== Q ==
* [[Quantization]]
* [[Quantize]]
* [[Quantizer]]
* [[Quantization noise]]
* [[Quantization noise]]


==R==
== R ==
 
* [[Range coding]]
* [[Range coding]]
* [[Ringing]] (traditional sense)
* [[Resampling]]
 
* [[Rice coding]]
 
* [[Ringing]]
==S==


* [[Sampling rate]]/[[Sampling rate|Sample rate]]/[[Sampling rate|Sampling frequency]]
== S ==
* [[SBR]] (Spectral Band Replication)
* Sample rate → Sampling rate
* [[Scale factor]]/[[Scale factor|Scale factor band]]
* Sampling frequency → Sampling rate
* [[Sampling rate]]
* SBR → [[Spectral Band Replication]]
* [[Scale factor]]
* Scale factor band → Scale factor
* SHN → [[Shorten]]
* [[Short block]]
* [[Short block]]
* [[Shorten]] ([[SHN]])
* [[Shorten]]
* [[Sigma Delta Modulation]]
* [[Signal-to-noise ratio]]
* S/N → Signal-to-noise ratio
* SNR → Signal-to-noise ratio
* [[Spectral Band Replication]]
* [[Spectrogram]]
* [[Spectrogram]]
* [[S/PDIF]] (Sony-Phillips Digital Interface)
* [[Streaming]]
* [[Streaming]]
* [[Subband]]
* [[Subband]]
* [[SZIP]]
* [[SZIP]]


 
== T ==
==T==
* [[TTA]] ('''T'''rue '''T'''ap '''A'''udio)
 
* [[Temporal accuracy]]
* [[Temporal accuracy]]
* [[Temporal smearing]]
* [[Temporal smearing]]
* [[Temporal Noise Shaping]]
* [[Time domain]]
* [[Time domain]]
* [[Tonality]]/[[Tonality|Tonal signals]]/[[Tonality|Tonality estimation]]
* TNS → [[Temporal Noise Shaping]]
* Tonal signals → Tonality
* [[Tonality]]
* Tonality estimation → Tonality
* [[Transcoding]]
* [[Transform]]
* [[Transform]]
* [[Transient]]
* [[Transient]]
* [[Transient smearing]]
* [[Transient smearing]]
* [[Transparency]]
* [[Transparency]]
* [[Tremor]]


==U==
* [[UHQCD]]


==V==
== V ==
* [[Variable Bitrate]]
* Variable Bitrate Coding → Variable Bitrate
* VBR → Variable Bitrate
* [[Vector quantization]]
* [[Vorbis]]


* [[VBR]] (variable bitrate/variable bitrate coding)
== W ==
 
* [[WAV]]
 
* [[Wavelet]]s
==W==
* [[WavPack]]
* [[Window function]]
* WMA → Windows Media Audio
*  [[Windows Media Audio]]


* [[WAV]]
[[Category:Guides]]
* [[Wavelet]]
* [[WMA]]

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