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"Swingman"

14/10/2004 10:57 AM

Re: MP3s /was McMansions

>Swingman" typed incorrectly in message news:...


> The "sample rate defines" how frequently the sound is sampled and
converted
> to digital, and directly correlates to frequency response of the digital
> recording. Without going into the sordid details, the frequency response
of
> a digital recording is roughly twice the sampling rate. A CD has a
sampling
> rate of 44.1 kHz, which means the highest frequency that is reproduced is
> roughly 88.2 KHz.

That'll teach me to type and talk on the phone at the same time.

Correction ... I typed WAY too damn fast and meant to say 1/2 the sample
rate, not twice.

The highest frequency that is reproduced with a 44.1 CD is 22.05 kHz, NOT
88.2 KHz!

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