Chapter 16. Compact Disc
16.1. Problems with Digital Encoding
16.1.1. Quantization Noise
Although a number of ways exist by which an analogue signal can be converted into its digital equivalent, the most popular, and the technique used in the CD, is the one known as âpulse code modulation,â usually referred to as âPCM.â In this, the incoming signal is sampled at a sufficiently high repetition rate to permit the desired audio bandwidth to be achieved. In practice, this demands a sampling frequency somewhat greater than twice the required maximum audio frequency. The measured signal voltage level, at the instant of sampling, is then represented numerically as its nearest equivalent value in binary coded form (a process which is known as ...
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