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Originally Posted by Karlos
I think NICAM night be a better analogy, if you can remember that. Each 8 bit frame is made of samples that have been normalised from the 16 bit originals, to be played back at the correct (well, as close as possible given the 8-bit resolution) amplitude when attenuated by whatever the hardware channel volume is set to for that frame, by the modulator.
https://github.com/0xABADCAFE/paula-hdr |
Amazing stuff. A kind of companding then, I believe that Roland used a similar scheme in their JV range (1080 etc) of playback sample+synthesis modules to get more fidelity out of modest hardware