Term: Interleaved sample audio

Note:
 “Search Glossary” button searches only the glossary. Temporary note: search not enabled for two- and three-character terms; browse by alphabet.
 “Search“ button at the top right of the page searches the Web site, not the glossary.

Suggest a term

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Term: Interleaved sample audio

Definition:

A pulse code modulated (PCM) signal consists of a stream of samples; if the type is monaural, each sample will belong to one channel. If there is more than one channel, the channels will almost always be interleaved. In the case of stereo data: left sample, right sample, left, right, etc.

Category:

Audio

Resource:

Wikipedia article on interleaving (general)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleaved

See also:

Multi-track (audio)