.ALAW File Description

An a-law algorithm is a standard companding algorithm, used in European digital communications systems to optimize, i.e., modify, the dynamic range of an analog signal for digitizing.

Other Information For .ALAW File Extension

• Company:

  European Centre for Digital Communication (EC/DC)

• File Type:

  A-Law Compressed Sound Format

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

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• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

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