Data compression can reduce the size of an audio file to help with storage, download and streaming, but it also compromises audio quality. Check out the Audio Masterclass Music Production and Sound Engineering Course at bit.ly/3W3tpKo
So what would speech sound like in MP3 quality with a low, low data rate of 32 kbit/second?
And worse, what would happen if the speech file is dual mono and out of phase?
David Mellor, Course Director of Audio Masterclass, investigates with audio examples.