Klarinet Archive - Posting 000536.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Recording Quality of Clarinet
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:56:41 -0500

>As mentioned above, all commercially available CDs are sampled at 44.1KHz.
>There are the beginnings of a movement to sample at 96KHz (or thereabouts),
>and even this increase is of highly questionable value (it will make
>recordings more expensive for sure), but certainly there is nothing
>approaching 500KHz, which would be a complete waste of storage capacity for
>NO discernable difference.
>
In fact, given the push for data-compressed Mini-discs, the recording
and/or recorder companies apparently believe that the sampling rate of CD's
is MORE than we need and figure it is OK to REDUCE it!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

   
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