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ATRAC is not devoid of compression. It's a lossy format which uses a crude form of spectral encoding - a bit like an MP3, but the model is less sophisticated.
by TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
ATRAC is not devoid of compression. It's a lossy format which uses a crude form of spectral encoding - a bit like an MP3, but the model is less sophisticated.
There is a rare variant called ATRAC Advanced Lossless but it was never available on many devices.
- bayindirh 6y agoOh, I think I failed to tell what I'm trying to tell. ATRAC is of course lossy and compresses the audio. The compression I mentioned was loudness maximizing/homogenizing compression which is used in mastering process, or in audio pipelines in general. So we can say that, ATRAC is devoid of any compressor stage which makes the resulting audio more loud by default. That loudness maximizer/equalizer also called compressor so it's easy to misrepresent or write misinforming things when talking about both at the same time. Sorry, my bad.