Definitions for "MUSICAM"
An acronym for Masking pattern adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding And Multiplexing, a digital audio compression system selected as Layer II of the MPEG-1 audio standard and other audio codecs where compression is achieved by exploiting the way the human ear hears different sounds and the way one sound can mask another.
Musicam is a method for audio base band coding. The bit rate of the coding process is reduced by using a psychoucoustic model. Masking pattern, Universal Sub band, Integrated Coding And Multiplexing.
A system for perceptually encoding at a reduced data rate both two-channel stereo and multichannel surround sound using the MUSICAM Surround version. The two-channel version of MUSICAM forms layer 2 of MPEG-1.