I'm not so sure Notes is 100% correct in his above theory. Not challenging him, but I think that some other (more complex) math may be involved than simply adding or removing snippets. There have been great advancements in this aspect.
There are 'adjustments' made, but the artifacts are not what they used to be. Transposing in RB (current) compared to 6 years ago is a huge difference. You can 'see' it when audio editing once zoomed in.



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