analog audio, headroom refers to the amount by which the signal-handling capabilities of an audio system can exceed a designated nominal level. Headroom can...

loading gauge) Headroom (audio signal processing), the difference between the nominal signal value and the maximum undistorted value Headroom (photographic...

digital signals. Non-PCM formats, such as those using lossy compression, do not have associated bit depths. A PCM signal is a sequence of digital audio samples...

an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic...

over the use of digital versus analog signal processing rather than the use of digital technology for storage of audio. Digital systems have higher performance...

the audio signal. These limits, or power ratings, are important to consumers in finding compatible products and comparing competitors. In audio electronics...

or hi-fi system. Its purpose is to receive audio and video signals from a number of sources, and to process them and provide power amplifiers to drive...

testing Audiophile Clipping (signal processing) Equal-loudness contour Flutter measurement Frequency response Headroom High fidelity Intermodulation...

being produced in the 2020s. The 56k series was intended mainly for signal processing in embedded systems, but was also used in a number of early computers...

the headroom as the difference between nominal and maximum output. The measured level is a time average, meaning that the peaks of audio signals regularly...

In audio processing and sound reinforcement, an insert is an access point built into the mixing console, allowing the audio engineer to add external line-level...

ratio between the largest and smallest signal values. Electronically reproduced audio and video is often processed to fit the original material with a wide...

reached the maximum representable value. Once a signal has reached digital full scale, all headroom has been utilized, and any further increase in amplitude...

and audio electronics — for estimating the headroom required in a signal chain Music has a widely varying crest factor. Typical values for a processed mix...

mixing and signal processing systems, tens of thousands of watts of amplifier power, and multiple loudspeaker arrays, all overseen by a team of audio engineers...

Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing...

attention starting in the 1990s with the introduction of digital signal processing capable of producing further loudness increases. With the advent of...

frequencies, suppress tape saturation when large signal transients are present, and increase the effective headroom of the cassette tape system. As a result,...

year, he invented the Dolby Noise Reduction system, a form of audio signal processing for reducing the background hissing sound on cassette tape recordings...

suppressor is an audio signal processing device which is used in the signal path in a live sound reinforcement system to prevent or suppress audio feedback....

voltages (Moog S-trigger or positive gate), with typical audio signal levels (often ±5 V with ±5 V headroom); and with control voltages of volts/octave, typically...

of many audio power amplifiers, for preventing the amplification of DC currents which may harm the amplifier, rob the amplifier of headroom, and generate...

Stem-mixing is a method of mixing audio material based on creating groups of audio tracks called stems and processing them separately prior to combining...

preamplifier. It amplifies the audio signal to a level that can drive the power stage. The preamplifier also changes the tone of the signal; high preamp settings...

professional audio-electronics including microphones, wireless microphone systems, phonograph cartridges, discussion systems, mixers, and digital signal processing...

signal permits the desired signal to be recorded at a higher level without saturating the tape, thus increasing headroom or maximum recording level....

before the NINJAM client in the signal path - to affect what remote players are hearing. There is limited headroom in an audio channel, so it is considered...

In signal processing, a digital filter is a system that performs mathematical operations on a sampled, discrete-time signal to reduce or enhance certain...

standard audio channels. The LFE channel is conventionally played back 10 dB louder than the main channels, giving significantly more recording headroom. Also...

Rating in Audio Amplifiers". Texas Instruments. Peak power ratings are obtained by using peak voltage. [...] If the dynamic headroom of an audio amplifier...