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Audio Bitcrusher
Create a coarse digital texture by reducing effective sample precision. Choose a bit depth from 2 to 16 and hear the resulting quantization effect.
- Choose 2–16 effective precision bits
- Introduce deliberate quantization distortion
- Save the effect in a standard 16-bit WAV
Reduce the number of amplitude steps
Lower effective bit depth gives each sample fewer possible levels. The resulting rounding introduces a deliberately rough digital texture.
Compare subtle and extreme settings
Higher settings retain more of the original waveform. Very low settings can make quiet material especially gritty or difficult to understand.
Keep the container distinction clear
The effect reduces effective signal precision, but the downloaded WAV container remains 16-bit PCM. It is not a smaller two-bit audio file.
Separate bit depth from sample rate
This effect changes amplitude quantization rather than intentionally lowering the sampling frequency. Those are different forms of digital degradation.
Technical references: Web Audio API specification