audio processing

Manipulating sound signals

Audio processing is the manipulation of sound signals—filtering, amplifying, compressing, or otherwise altering audio data.

The term covers everything from adjusting equalizer settings on a stereo to sophisticated digital techniques in music production and speech recognition: The podcast uses heavy audio processing to remove background noise.

In computing, audio processing may happen in real time or on recorded files.

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spectral analysis · noise reduction · dithering · wave · gain staging · dynamic range · sample rate · codec · speech recognition · real time · mix · modulation · frequency · artifact · transient · delay · pitch shifting · mono

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Manipulating digital pictures computationally

video editing · image manipulation · visual effects · photo editing · visual processing

signal manipulation vs. signal capture/output

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Stored sonic information

audio playback · audio output · audio input · live sound

processing vs. raw capture

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Stored sonic information

field recording · live recording

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