Some information about DPCM

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Some information about DPCM
by on (#42317)
I put together this blog post that may be helpful to some in understanding 1-bit DPCM. When I was learning about it originally I had some problems finding illustrations of what was going on.

Here it is.
Re: Some information about DPCM
by on (#42318)
skrasms wrote:
I put together this blog post that may be helpful to some in understanding 1-bit DPCM. When I was learning about it originally I had some problems finding illustrations of what was going on.

Here it is.


Good work dude. It's very easy to understand and suitable for beginners. :)

by on (#42325)
Excellent coverage! I like the graphs. You even covered how flat waves are encoded as a square wave at half the sample rate. Looking at your other blog posts, it's all very interesting for anyone interested in sound chip audio!

by on (#42341)
did you make the graphs with MATLAB? they look familiar...

by on (#42369)
I wish it was MATLAB, but I can't afford the $3000+ price tag. Instead I use GNU Octave. It's similar in theory and tries to be compatible with MATLAB scripts. It is far more fussy and missing a lot of features, but it is also free. For putting together stuff like this it's great.