Super Bit Mapping

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Super Bit Mapping (SBM) logo.

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

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  2. ^ "Super Bit Mapping Technical Overview" (PDF). Sony. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ^ US 5204677, "Quantizing error reducer for audio signal"