System and method for processing audio data into a plurality of frequency components

A system having an audio codec, the system comprising:

• an input to an audio encoder configured to receive an audio signal;
• one or more processors;
• a memory storage having instructions stored therein, the instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the audio encoder to perform operations to:
• generate frequency band components corresponding to the audio signal;
• generate scale factors to perceptually shape an error signal, the scale factors derived by altering a spectrum of the audio signal and reducing artifacts caused by quantization;
• quantize frequency coefficients by use of the generated scale factors applied to the frequency coefficients prior to the quantization or by use of the generated scale factors in computation of error within a vector quantization that performs the quantization;
• pack the quantized frequency coefficients into a bitstream to provide an encoded bitstream;
• output the encoded bitstream from the audio encoder, the encoded bitstream including components to produce a signal representative of the audio signal;
• and
• an audio decoder that decodes the encoded bitstream without using scale factors such that scale factors are only generated and used by the audio encoder.