oversampling
Speech parts
1. oversampling - Noun
2. oversampling - Verb
Meaning
oversampling
present participle of oversample
oversampling (countable and uncountable, plural oversamplings)
The act of one who oversamples.
Examples
In applications where protection against aliasing is essential, oversampling may be used to greatly reduce or even eliminate it.
Emulating the AdLib Gold 1000 proves more of a challenge due to the surround sound module and the 2x oversampling effect.
In that case, oversampling can reduce the approximation error.
Therefore, oversampling is usually coupled with noise shaping (see sigma-delta modulators).
With this technique, it is possible to obtain an effective resolution larger than that provided by the converter alone * The improvement in SNR is 3 dB (equivalent to 0.5 bits) per octave of oversampling which is not sufficient for many applications.