Super Bit Mapping
Super Bit Mapping (SBM) is a
mastering.[1]
Sony claims that the Super Bit Mapping process converts a 20-
master recording into a 16-bit signal nearly without sound quality loss, using noise shaping to improve signal-to-noise ratio over the frequency bands most acutely perceived by human hearing.[2]
Audible quantization error is reduced by noise shaping the error according to an equal-loudness contour.[3]
This processing takes place in dedicated hardware inside the recording device. A similar process is used in Sony's
PCM
conversion and is called SBM Direct.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-240-51654-7.
- ^ "Super Bit Mapping Technical Overview" (PDF). Sony. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ US 5204677, "Quantizing error reducer for audio signal"