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> CDs reproduce the volume in a sound recording only 44,100 times per second. Because humans can't hear sounds higher than 22 kHz, so with a 44.1 kHz sampling
by derleth 14y ago
> CDs reproduce the volume in a sound recording only 44,100 times per second.
Because humans can't hear sounds higher than 22 kHz, so with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate you're guaranteed to capture everything humans can hear.
Besides, tape has wow and flutter and records invariably have scratches and dust, not to mention limits in dynamic range.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Audio_woo http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Audio_woo
- kwekly 14y agoThe analogous concept here is the product of sampling rate and bit-depth, the number of bits per sample i.e the precision of the recording