(p.205) The most popular digital music format on the planet is ________.
(p.205) MP3 files are created by a process called ________.
(p.207) Encoding is a tradeoff between ________ and ________.
(p.207) When you encode files in a compressed "lossy" format like MP3, certain bits of sound data are ________ to make the file smaller.
(p.207) MP3 files can be encoded at bit rates from 8 kbps to ________ kbps.
(p.207) Encoding that uses a fixed number of bits to encode each second of audio, regardless of its complexity, is called ________ bit-rate encoding.
(p.208) Encoding that uses more or fewer bits to encode each second of audio, depending on the complexity of the signal, is called ________ bit-rate encoding.
(p.208) Which type of encoding produces significantly better sound quality at a similar file size?
(p.208) With VBR encoding, the file size depends on the ________ of the music.
(p.209-210) Which of the following is not a key factor that affects the sound quality of an encoded audio file:
(p.211) According to the author of this book, if you plan to listen to music on a high-quality stereo system, you should encode your MP3 files with a bit rate of at least ________ kbps.
(p.211) If you primarily plan to listen to your music on a portable player, you can get by with ________ kbps encoding.
(p.211) In voice recordings, ________ response is less critical, so a lower bit rate makes sense.
(p.217) Any audio that you can listen to on your computer can be converted to another format.
(p.218) When converting from one lossy format to another, it's possible to retain the same quality using advanced techniques.
(p.220) The most reliable way to convert ________ songs to plain MP3 files is to burn them to a standard audio CD, and then rip the files from the CD to MP3s.