Psychoacoustics

Sensation

Auditory system

The ear

Perception

Frequency

Ranges

Instruments

Just noticeable differences (JND)

Loudness

Equal-loudness contours (Fletcher-Munson)

Equal-loudness contours (Fletcher-Munson)

Threshold of hearing

Threshold of hearing

Hysteresis

Hysteresis

Threshold of pain

Time

Critical bands

Just noticeble differences

Masking

Space

Cognition

Digitization

I/O

ADC

DAC

Digital audio

Sampling rate

44.1kHz = 44 100 Hz (CD format)

Nyquist frequency = Double of the audible range

48 kHz (standard)

96 / 192 kHz

Bit rate

8 bit = 0-255

16 bit = 0-65 534 (CD standard)

24 bit

32 bit (int)

32 bit (float)

Bit depth

Container

Compression

MP3

MP4

Visualizations