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Lossless / Other Codecs / Re: FrAD: Fourier Analogue-in-Digital (Analogue Audio Archive Codec)
Last post by ktf -So instead of sampling in the time domain (as PCM does) sampling happens in the frequency domain. But those frequencies are still represented by numbers which makes it digital. There is nothing analog about it. Sampling in the time domain also 'preserves analog waveforms' just fine.
The FAQ has an interesting take on what is lossless:
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The loss in 12 and 16 bits can be taken as a significant loss of quality that anyone can hear [...] and that the loss is not actually a serious quality loss as you might fear. [...] Anything above 24-bit is beyond the dynamic range that the human ear can perceive, 0-80 dB SPL, so it's hard for human ears to notice the difference. So even though the PCM itself may not be preserved intact, the human ear will still have the exact same auditory experience, and we can say that it meets the definition of ‘lossless’.By that definition, many codecs usually regarded as lossy are suddenly lossless too.
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While complete lossless is virtually impossible outside of using PCM as it is, FrAD guarantees that at bit depths of 24 bits and above, the sound quality is indistinguishable from the original PCM to human and animal hearing.So, seriously, what is the point of this?