Sound, Radio & InformationDigital Audio
44,100 Snapshots a Second
Digital audio is a string of measurements, not a wave
The song in your earbuds is stored as nothing but a long list of numbers. So how do numbers sing?
You'll find out
- What a sound looks like to a phone
- How many snapshots are enough
- Why 44,100 and not 40,000
Why it matters
Every song, call and video you play runs on this trick, and it explains why some phone calls sound so thin.
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