From cl Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 04:17
From cl Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 04:17
Marc 3 Poirier wrote: > > > About the only practical application of this audio technology is in the > > recording and reproduction of classical music. The clarity is so good > > out of an entire symphony orchestra you can individually pick out the > > French horn player sitting in the middle who stopped briefly to pick his > > nose. > > > > As for IDM? 16bit/44.1kHz is fine. > > Aw jeez, this is totally bogus. 16-bit 44.1 kHz is the most bare-ass, > hardly passing standard for digital audio. Okay, maybe not totally because > the 16-bit part is pretty good, but the 44.1 kHz part is atrocious. It > doesn't have to do with whether you call the music you're playing > "classical," it has to do with whether it has treble in it, & most music I > listen to, of all different sorts, does have treble. Once you start > getting into the highest audible frequencies, 44.1 kHz representations of > them sound like shit, harsh & grating shit. Once you get to 22.05 kHz, > this is what any waveform is going to be from a 44.1 kHz audio recording: > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > That's it. Absolutely no detail at all. It gets better the lower you go > from there, but that's why it sounds so bad. > > Marc Poirier i am not versed in the science of sound, but can humans hear over 20 khz? cl