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Why did you need to resample it? Because 48 kHz was already the most common industry standard before CD, is it correct?
by segfaultbuserr 6y ago
Why did you need to resample it? Because 48 kHz was already the most common industry standard before CD, is it correct?
- klodolph 6y agoThat's the way the story goes. I can't really find supporting evidence, though. When I try looking at early digital media, it seems that it was fairly common for hardware to support both 44.1kHz and 48kHz, at the very least. Stuff like DASH, ProDigi, and DAT. I think it's more likely that 44100 was chosen for other reasons--either because it a multiple of the number of active NTSC or PAL lines per second, or because it has a convenient factorization (14x14x15x15), or both. 44.1kHz is a great sample rate for distribution. 48kHz is a little more convenient for creating sounds because it often uses less CPU power to process 48kHz signals (because the transition band is twice as large).