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=====The aims of the [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]] [[Tau Analyzer - Aucdtect Algorithm Details|authenticity detector]] project are authenticity control of the music records when purchasing musical discs and automatical determination whether the record is an authentic one or is recovered from the lossy encoded data (for example, [[Wikipedia:MP3|MP3]]). The necessity of such a program and possible solutions are widely known, correct solution is original one.=====
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{{header|The Aim of the Project}}

It is no secret that the Internet and file-sharing networks are literally overloaded with music. [[Wikipedia:Lossy_data_compression|Lossy formats]] - like [[Wikipedia:MP3|MP3]] - offer the highest degree of compression, and are easily the most popular means of file-sharing. When played through relatively low-fidelity audio systems, the sound offered by such files is often indistinguishable from [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]] quality audio - to the average human ear. However, lossy-encoded audio tracks fare poorly when played on Hi-Fi systems, or when enjoyed through a pair of quality stereo headphones.

[[Image:aucdtect_tests.png|right|Example audio collection]]

Since the untrained ear is an unreliable detector, the purchase of traditional audio [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]s has given rise to a new concern - the authenticity of the audio data they contain. Here is a sample collection of audio [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]s, purchased between 2000 and 2004 in various music stores. As you can see, approximately 25% turned out to be so-called - fake-audio [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]s, produced from lossy audio sources - most likely from low quality [[Wikipedia:MP3|MP3]]s.

One method for auditing such [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]s is [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]] artifact searching. The most useful and simple artifact to address is the frequency cut-off, which signal is scarcely affected.or even missed.at about 18kHz. The frequency cut-off (produced by an ear-model of the sound, used by the [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]] algorithm) is usually quite sharp at one or more high frequencies (16-20kHz). Music produced from such files is less dynamic, exhibiting fewer sound distinctions (as with drums and other sharp sounds).

Other artifacts of [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]]-coding add a specific type of noise, corresponding to [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]]-coding errors (numerical noise) and Fourier transformations, and a decreased correlation between channels (known as - sound center fluctuations.).

Some studio companies remove live recording noise very inaccurately, by simple cutting-off all the frequencies above 16-18kHz, using digital filtration. The resulting music suffers from similar sound artifacts to those exhibited by [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]]-coded audio recordings.

[[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]]-coding errors could be decreased using a dithering technique (a smart-smoothing of the audio). Sounds can be made to seem more distinct through the addition of noise and smoothing of the signal spectrum (a technique known as noise-shaping). Still, despite such techniques, data from the original music is irretrievably lost; instead, one is left with music of inferior quality, after a few processing tricks and the addition of old and new artifacts.

The [[Tau Analyzer - Aucdtect Algorithm Details|Aucdtect]] algorithm was developed to detect whether [[Wikipedia:MPEG|MPEG]] artifacts are present in recordings. The program and could be used, for example, to detect inaccurate numerical processing of a music recording that results in the loss of sound quality.

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