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Glossary OLE Object Linking and Embedding. A Windows feature that allows different object types (such as speech clips or notes of music) to appear in a document. The objects can be linked, in which case they remain separate files, or embedded, where they become a part of the document. Patch A MIDI term referring to a particular sound or voice. PCM Pulse Code Modulation, a method of storing uncompressed digital audio. The audio is represented by the amplitude of the audio signal sampled at regular intervals. Polyphonic More than one voice played simultaneously. Q-Sound Audio-processing technique to simulate reverb/surround sound. Sampling The process of converting an analog signal into digital data. Sampling rate The rate of analyzing a sound. The more frequently a sound is sampled, the more closely it will match the original sound. Sequencer A device used to record note information from MIDI devices. Sound files Files containing sound data. Sound files are usually stored in one of four formats, with the extension. WAV, .MID, .VOC, or .CMF. Synthesizer Hardware for generating audio from software. Typical methods used are FM synthesis and wave table synthesis. Total harmonic distortion A specification for quantifying the fidelity of audio processing equipment. Tracks The virtual tracks used by MIDI sequencers. VOC files Proprietary digital audio format developed by Creative Labs, Inc. Most digital audio adheres to the Microsoft WAV format. Voices The number of synthesized sounds that a device can generate simultaneously. WAV files A Microsoft file format for storing digital audio data. Wavesample A sample used in a wavetable or sampling synthesizer to reproduce a musical instrument sound. µ-law A method of data compression that enables the sampling of sound at a resolution of 16 bits, but that generates the same quantity of data as an 8-bit sampling rate. 16-bit A standard of sound specification that produces a rich, detailed sound embodying more than 65,000 possible digital configurations. 34 English