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		Doxin on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Quite OK Audio Format for Fast, Lossy Compress... So it's essentially a bass shaker track?

ogurechny on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

Today, it seems to be it. The article does mention that historically the limits of transmission and playback systems were the reason for introduction of independent channel for lowest frequencies (instead of mixing it into main audio channels).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-frequency_effects

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