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  2. 44,100 Hz - Wikipedia

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    In digital audio, 44,100 Hz (alternately represented as 44.1 kHz) is a common sampling frequency. Analog audio is often recorded by sampling it 44,100 times per second, and then these samples are used to reconstruct the audio signal when playing it back. The 44.1 kHz audio sampling rate is widely used due to the compact disc (CD) format, dating ...

  3. Windows Media Audio - Wikipedia

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    Windows Media Audio ( WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs.

  4. Apple Lossless Audio Codec - Wikipedia

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    The Apple Lossless Audio Codec ( ALAC ), also known as Apple Lossless, or Apple Lossless Encoder ( ALE ), is an audio coding format, and its reference audio codec implementation, developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music. After initially keeping it proprietary from its inception in 2004, in late 2011 Apple made the ...

  5. WAV - Wikipedia

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    Audio in WAV files can be encoded in a variety of audio coding formats, such as GSM or MP3, to reduce the file size. This is a reference to compare the monophonic (not stereophonic ) audio quality and compression bitrates of audio coding formats available for WAV files including PCM , ADPCM , Microsoft GSM 06.10 , CELP , SBC , Truespeech and ...

  6. Audio Interchange File Format - Wikipedia

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    Audio Interchange File Format ( AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. The format was developed by Apple Inc. in 1988 based on Electronic Arts ' Interchange File Format (IFF, widely used on Amiga systems) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer ...

  7. Glossary of digital audio - Wikipedia

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    MP3 MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III is a patented encoding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. PCM Pulse-code modulation is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals. It is the standard method of storing audio in computers and various Blu-ray, DVD and Compact Disc formats.

  8. Compression artifact - Wikipedia

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    Compression artifact. A compression artifact (or artefact) is a noticeable distortion of media (including images, audio, and video) caused by the application of lossy compression. Lossy data compression involves discarding some of the media's data so that it becomes small enough to be stored within the desired disk space or transmitted ...

  9. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Wikipedia

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    Music video. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" on YouTube. " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) " is a song by British synth-pop duo Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their second album of the same name in January 1983. It was their breakthrough hit, establishing the duo worldwide.