The encoder figures you probably won't be able to hear quiet things *near in frequency* to a loud thing, so it deletes them to save bits. This effect is called auditory masking, and it's one of the fundamental ways modern audio codecs can work so well.
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The masking extending further along higher frequencies than lower frequencies is also straight out of textbook auditory masking literature.pic.twitter.com/SJjc5rbrey
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What did it look like prior to encoding?
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