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===Different kind of artifacts===
===Different kind of artifacts===


* '''[[pre-echo]]''': pre-echo consists in a small amount of noise used to appear just before a contrasted sound events (like percussive instruments). The original transients are therefore smeared: "___shhhTak" instead of "____Tak".  
* '''[[pre echo]]''': pre-echo consists in a small amount of noise used to appear just before a contrasted sound events (like percussive instruments). The original transients are therefore smeared: "___shhhTak" instead of "____Tak".  
''Illustrative sample'': castanets.wav
''Illustrative sample'': castanets.wav



Revision as of 20:03, 10 June 2006

An artifact is a noticeable difference between an uncompressed signal and a lossily-compressed copy. Lossy encoding can result in very different kind of artifacts/distortions. Sometimes it's not easy to define why the encoding is non-transparent. There are however many typical encoding artifacts.


Different kind of artifacts

  • pre echo: pre-echo consists in a small amount of noise used to appear just before a contrasted sound events (like percussive instruments). The original transients are therefore smeared: "___shhhTak" instead of "____Tak".

Illustrative sample: castanets.wav

  • ringing:
  • warbling:
  • coarseness:
  • stereo collapse:

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