cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoHow can sound be recorded into physical and digital media, what sorcery is this?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareHow can sound be recorded into physical and digital media, what sorcery is this?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoThis does involve a cutoff point in the “maximum” frequency of a signal. Actual sound contains a much larger frequency spectrum than our audio file formats are designed to handle.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoSure but human hearing tends to cap out at around 24khz so a sample rate of 48khz is going to contain everything that we can hear.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoTends to, key word. Some are outliers in every dimension, including maximum perceptible frequency.
This does involve a cutoff point in the “maximum” frequency of a signal. Actual sound contains a much larger frequency spectrum than our audio file formats are designed to handle.
Sure but human hearing tends to cap out at around 24khz so a sample rate of 48khz is going to contain everything that we can hear.
Tends to, key word. Some are outliers in every dimension, including maximum perceptible frequency.