| Terminology | Description | |
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| Megabyte |
Unit of measure for data file size. 1 megabyte = 1000 kilobytes. 1 gigabyte(gb) = 1000 megabytes. 1000 gigabytes = 1Terabyte. |
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| Mono |
Single channel audio, as opposed to stereo or multi channel. Mono to Stereo Mono to Stereo tool takes a single channel of sound, splits it in two, and modifies the resulting data so it sounds like it was recorded in stereo |
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| Mono |
Single channel audio, as opposed to stereo or multi channel. Mono to Stereo Mono to Stereo tool takes a single channel of sound, splits it in two, and modifies the resulting data so it sounds like it was recorded in stereo |
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| MP3 |
(MPEG Audio Layer 3) A popular compressed audio format used to transfer audio over the internet. An MP3 file is smaller than a wave file - a one minute piece of audio will take up 10 Mb as a wave file, but less than 1 Mb as an MP3 (depending on the bit rate), but will still sound virtually as good as the original. |
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