Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Speaking of sample rates, I am playing with the idea of offering audio training using MP3 files. I have prepared such a training on WAN Troubleshooting. I'd love to get some feedback. This audio training will help people studying for the Support test especially. It's 40 minutes. This means

RE: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread Rah Hussain
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 20:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566] Speaking of sample rates, I am playing with the idea of offering audio training using MP3 files. I have prepared such a training on WAN Troubleshooting. I'd love to get some feedback

Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread ko haag
I think this would be great. I would also think focusing on a certain subject topics would be valuable too. Reading does not always make sense and sometimes hearing it from someone else helps it make sense. Make sense. :-O Ko Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Speaking of sample rates, I am

Audio Training, was Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread John Neiberger
I know that I like this sort of product and I wish I'd had more of this sort of thing available when I first started out in this field. For certain types of learners, hearing someone discuss the topic allows it to sink in better than reading alone. I'm definitely that type of learner. One

Re: Audio Training, was Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread Audy Bautista
I just heard Priscilla's audio training on WAN Troubleshooting and I think it's great. I spent the time listening to the audio file while organizing my desk at work; very convenient!!. I'd definitely pay for audio training if it was available. Priscilla, do you have any other audio training

Re: Audio Training, was Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-03-01 Thread Steven A. Ridder
As you know with MP3, you won't really make much money because it's so easily copy-able. You'd be on Napster, Morpheus, WinMX in no time. If you don't mind the piracy, I think it would be a great idea! -- RFC 1149 Compliant. Audy Bautista wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; I just

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-28 Thread Gaz
Two questions to prolongue the distraction: 1. If a 4KHz signal is sampled at 8Khz, it is sampled twice per cycle. Once in the positive half and once in the negative. Doesn't this mean that the value is dependant totally on the point at which it is sampled (and if you sample it as it passes zero

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-28 Thread John Neiberger
The first question is pretty interesting. It seems that if you took a 1Hz signal and sampled it twice per second but you kept sampling the points where the level was zero, it does at least seem possible. However, that would only be with sine waves, not complex waves. Still, it's an

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
All right, John-- A couple of years ago (discreet cough), Cisco gave away copies of books as promos. One was _IP Telephony_ by Gorlaski and Kolon (McGraw Hill, 2000). GOOD BOOK. On pp 77-78 is an explanation of the Nyquist rate and voice sampling: Well, if it comes from MANY years ago, before

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread David L. Blair
John Neiberger wrote: What I'm trying to find out is why the original 4KHz limit on voice calls was put into place. It sounds like it was simply an arbitrary decision. 4KHz is sufficient for a telephone call and to provide clear calls that included higher frequencies might have added some

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread John Neiberger
Thanks, that's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find. It's also interesting to note that the human ear is most sensitive to midrange frequencies, say between 1000Hz and 4000Hz. So, even if you filter out what's above 4KHz, you can make up for the lack of clarity with a little

RE: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread Daniel Cotts
: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 9:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566] John Neiberger wrote: What I'm trying to find out is why the original 4KHz limit on voice calls was put into place. It sounds like it was simply an arbitrary decision. 4KHz is sufficient

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
You are right, John. With digital telephony, the analog speech signal is filtered before sampling. High and low frequency components are removed. I think it was just a tradeoff. We don't expect the human voice to sound that great over the phone anyway, and by filtering we can reduce bandwidth

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-27 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
Female opera singers probably hate it when people ask them to sing over the phone!? OK, have we distracted you enough, John? ;-) Seriously, I think this was a great discussion. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Priscilla At 10:58 AM 2/27/02, David L. Blair wrote: John Neiberger wrote:

Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread Brian
Usually thought about in analog to digital conversion, it is the number of times per second a piece of data is captured. Accepted theory states that for the sample to be an accurate representation of the data, the sample rate should be twice the highest frequency you are trying to capture, so

Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread Priscilla Oppenheimer
At 08:06 PM 2/26/02, Rafay wrote: How do you describe Sample Rate.? In what context? The term is sometimes used when describing the analog to digital process, for example when digitizing voice. Voice produces an analog wave as your lungs and tongue press against the air. An analog wave has

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread John Neiberger
This is OT, but the upper limit of human hearing is actually around 20KHz at best and usually drops to around 16KHz or so. If your upper limit starts to drop below that you'll start to notice that it's difficult to hear clearly. (Sorry, in my other life I'm a sound engineer and musician.)

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36588]

2002-02-26 Thread Annlee Hines
All right, John-- A couple of years ago (discreet cough), Cisco gave away copies of books as promos. One was _IP Telephony_ by Gorlaski and Kolon (McGraw Hill, 2000). GOOD BOOK. On pp 77-78 is an explanation of the Nyquist rate and voice sampling: ...Thus, if an analog voice signal reaching up

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread John Neiberger
I understand all that, but what I don't remember is why there is a 4KHz low-pass filter on voice lines. I know I've read the reason before but I just can't recall what it was. Was it simply arbitrary? A 4KHz upper limit is obviously sufficient for voice quality. Did someone just pick that

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread Steven A. Ridder
It's the average frequency of human voice. if you look at a conversation on a osciliscope, it averages out to 4k, so you double that and get the 8k sample rate. -- RFC 1149 Compliant. John Neiberger wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I understand all that, but

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread Brian
64 kbps comes about from sampling 8 bits at 8khz, 8x8000=64000 Bri On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, John Neiberger wrote: This is OT, but the upper limit of human hearing is actually around 20KHz at best and usually drops to around 16KHz or so. If your upper limit starts to drop below that

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread John Neiberger
Exactly, that's what Priscilla and I both just said. :-) What I'm trying to find out is why the original 4KHz limit on voice calls was put into place. It sounds like it was simply an arbitrary decision. 4KHz is sufficient for a telephone call and to provide clear calls that included

RE: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread G Z
The reason is for economics. The 300hz filter to 3300hz filter would carry the voice fairly well so this is the least amount of bandwidth to do a decent job of it. Not too much is lost because the voice is between 100 to 5000 hz. The hearing range is not considered as far as I know... Message

RE: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread Larry Letterman
Letterman Cisco Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Neiberger Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566] Exactly, that's what Priscilla and I both just said

Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566]

2002-02-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 27/02/2002 03:17 pm Please respond to John Neiberger To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Re: Sample Rate [7:36566]--long reply [7:36566] I understand all that, but what I don't remember is why there is a 4KHz low-pass filter on voice lines