Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
(ATRAC) An audio compression {algorithm},
introduced by {Sony} for its {Mini Disk}, which relies on the
masking of low-amplitude frequency components by temporaly
adjacent high-amplitude components. ATRAC consists of a
three-band {subband encoder} (0...5.5, 5.5...11, 11...22 kHz)
and a {MDCT} based transformation encoder.
[Does Sony Minidisk use {ADPCM}?]
(2001-12-13)