Glossary
AAF
Advanced Authoring Format is a digital file format used to allow cross-platform exchange in professional video post-production.
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format is a standard audio file format used in most computers. It is a lossless, or uncompressed format developed by Apple in 1988 and is pulse code modulation (PCM) format. It does not carry timecode metadata, but can contain an embedded sync point to be used in programming loops for music or sound design. There is a compressed version called AIFF-C or AIFFC, which should not be confused with and used instead of AIFFs, especially in professional productions.
Ambisonic
Ambisonic audio is fully 360 spherical sound. First Order ambisonic audio carries 4 channels of audio information ...
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