Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. MiniDisc was the first commercial product to incorporate ATRAC in 1992. ATRAC allowed a relatively small disc like MiniDisc to have the same running time as CD while storing audio information with minimal loss in perceptible quality. Improvements to the codec in the form of ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless followed in 1999, 2002, and 2006 respectively.
Other MiniDisc manufacturers such as Sharp and Panasonic also implemented their own versions of the ATRAC codec.
ATRAC's original 292 kbit/s bitrate was designed to be close to CD quality acoustically. This is the bitrate used on original MiniDiscs. Years later ATRAC was improved and is generally considered better than earlier versions at similar bitrates. For purposes of comparison, CDs are encoded at 1411.2 kbit/s, and lossless encoders can encode most CDs below 1000 kbit/s, with significant bitrate reduction for easier-to-encode content such as voice.
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Heartbeat on time
Dancing
Dancing
To the rhythm
Elektro is fine
It can
It can
Get you moving
Moving on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is a new style
Jackie and Jane
See them moving
To the bass-line
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Heartbeat on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the rhythm
Michael and James
They can't
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Get no better
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See them
Grooving
To the bass-line
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the new style
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Pa da da pom pom pom...
Heartbeat on time
Dancing
Dancing
To the rhythm
Elektro is fine
It can
It can
Get you moving
Moving on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is a new style
Jackie and Jane
See them moving
To the bass-line
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Is the new style
Funk it on time
Elektro
Elektro
Make you feel fine
Open your mind
Feel it
Feel it
From the inside
Pa da da pom pom pom...