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How is sound processed in an MP3 player?

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In his 1929 painting “La trahison des images,” Belgian painter René Magritte highlighted the power of illusions by painting a pipe and commenting it with “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) as Magritte himself explained: “Try to stuff the painting with tobacco… .“

Mr. Audio was a bit loose in his PCM tuxedo. Tayloring the suit helped it lose bits and become a lighter MP3 dinner jacket.

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Dutoit, T., Moreau, N. (2009). How is sound processed in an MP3 player?. In: Applied Signal Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74535-0_3

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