Dictionary of Audio Terms (a glossary of audio terminology)
Distortion
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Deviations from an original sound that occur in the reproduction process. Harmonic distortion disturbs the original relationships between a tone and other tones naturally related to it. Intermodulation distortion introduces new tones that result from the beating of two or more original tones. |
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Distortion -- Deviations from an original sound that occur in the reproduction process. Harmonic distortion disturbs the original relationships between a tone and other tones naturally related to it. Intermodulation distortion introduces new tones that result from the beating of two or more original tones.
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