Re: MD: Digital "matching a wave" (was: If MDs had come out before CDs)

2001-05-31 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "Danny-K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 30 May 2001 | I am curious to learn exactly how sampling at twice the highest frequency | changes things. I'm trying to visualize it, but I can't grasp it. Are you familiar with the term "jaggies" in regards to images displays? Jaggies are the stair-step

Re: MD: Digital "matching a wave" (was: If MDs had come out before CDs)

2001-05-31 Thread PrinceGaz
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === From: "Danny-K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > With du

RE: MD: Digital "matching a wave" (was: If MDs had come out before CDs)

2001-05-31 Thread Danny-K
> With due respect (and perhaps I'm misinterpreting what you say), this > statement is completely false. Digital "achieves a wave" perfectly, > provided you sample the wave at twice the highest frequency you're > trying to capture. Flaws can be introduced in the conversion (A/D and > D/A) steps,

MD: Digital "matching a wave" (was: If MDs had come out before CDs)

2001-05-31 Thread Eric Woudenberg, Minidisc.org Editor
Hi Danny, "Danny-K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let us not forget that digital is in essence trying to achieve a wave that > it never can. With due respect (and perhaps I'm misinterpreting what you say), this statement is completely false. Digital "achieves a wave" perfectly, provided you sa