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01 ·Audio Codecs·FREE·8 min read Audio Compression from Scratch — The Art of Discarding What You Cannot Hear How does MP3 sound 'the same' at less than a tenth of the size? We build up audio codecs from zero — auditory masking, the MDCT, and bit allocation — and finish with when to reach for MP3, AAC, or Opus.