Nyquist-Shannon; The Backbone of Digital Sound

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Explains sampling, aliasing and reconstruction in plain terms; a solid companion to his digital-audio history videos.

What you'll learn

The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem and why 44.1 kHz audio captures everything we can hear.

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Part of Digital Sound and the Compact Disc

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