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On 5 Jun 01, 5:46PM, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
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> Peter, you have some misinformation yourself, here.
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> * Peter Jaques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 05 Jun 2001
> | for uncompressed 16 bit stereo pcm, you're essentially dealing with a
> | square wave of 16 bits/channel * 2 channels * 44100 Hz = 1411200 Hz.
> | that's extremely high to just spit onto what is mechanically no different
> | from a metal cassette.
>
> The highest frequency that 16-bit PCM can achieve is 22.01kHz, and is
> represented by 16 "on" bits plus the frame. Those 16 "on" bits take up
> exactly the same ammount of space as one frame of dead silence, 16 "off"
> bits. Frequency has no direct relevance to how much space is required to
> store the signal, only resolution of the sampling.
i'm not saying that PCM represents an audio frequency of 1411200Hz, i'm saying
that in order to represent 22.05kHz, the analog square wave put on tape is
1411200Hz. the square wave is the bits themselves.
peter
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