Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Spectral masking a sound effect that arises from the analysis of two sound-files. The created effect is a third sound-file that is composed of the loudest parts of the analyzed sound-files. A frequency domain version of temporal masking, spectral masking tends to occur in sounds with similar frequencies: a powerful spike at 1 kHz will tend to mask out a lower-level tone at 1.1 kHz. ([http://www.wikipedia.com/upload/1k-1_1k.wav Listen to a loud 1 kHz tone, a soft 1.1 kHz tone, and the sum of the two tones.]) This too, can be exploited by the psychoacoustic model. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.