Quantization Error

In a linear converter, when the actual sample value falls between these values (solid blue lines), it is quantized (or rounded) to the nearest value.

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This introduces a quantization error that will be uniformly distributed between 0 and 1/2 (error will never be greater than a factor of 1/2 the increment).


``Music 171: Fundamentals of Digital Audio'' by Tamara Smyth, Department of Music, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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