"22 kHz mono ADPCM can be decompressed real-time (that is, while playing) on a 386SX/16 megahertz CPU"
Note: 16 MHz 386SX was effectively slower than the 286 of the same speed.
I had all the Beatles albums on one CD, all encoded with ADPCM, and the sound was not bad.
If I remember correctly, the guys at Bell Labs had also some server filled with the digital music. But I can't locate the story (maybe somebody remembers, was it Ritchie or Thompson?) and don't remember when actually.
ADPCM. No FFT. Worked on my 1991 PC:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/89879
"22 kHz mono ADPCM can be decompressed real-time (that is, while playing) on a 386SX/16 megahertz CPU"
Note: 16 MHz 386SX was effectively slower than the 286 of the same speed.
I had all the Beatles albums on one CD, all encoded with ADPCM, and the sound was not bad.
If I remember correctly, the guys at Bell Labs had also some server filled with the digital music. But I can't locate the story (maybe somebody remembers, was it Ritchie or Thompson?) and don't remember when actually.