Digital Audio Theory

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Nyquist Theorem
The samples required to properly represent the audio is 2 times the highest frequency.
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What happens when the sample rate is not two times
Imperfections occur, called “aliasing”
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Frequency range of human hearing
20Hz-20kHz
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How many characters is a 16 bit word/24 Bit Word
16 characters/24 characters
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What is Dithering
introducing randomly generated low level noise to fill the bottom bits of a digital “word”
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What is Noise Shaping
altering the frequency curve of the dither noise to maximize
effectiveness with the least amount of audible effects.
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What is a Work Clock
In digital audio electronics, a word clock or wordclock, or
sampleclock, is a clock signal used to synchronize devices
which interconnect via digital audio signals.
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