How mp3 compression works - Demo , p213
These are the demonstrations that go along with the talk How MP3 Compression Works: More music, fewer bits by Mark A. Yoder.

There are five demonstrations here.


Temporal Masking

If two sounds appear close to each other in time, the quieter sound may not be heard at all.

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