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From:
jeff shoemaker
To:
Andrew Haley
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Date:
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:07:26 -0600 (CST)
Subject:
(idm) Re: (amb) emusic encoding/was emusic recommendations..
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quoted 11 lines Aliasing happens when the sampling rate isn't fast enough to capture>Aliasing happens when the sampling rate isn't fast enough to capture >the upper frequencies of an audio signal. The effect is that the high >frequencies are folded into lower frequencies an octave down. That's >why it's called "aliasing": the high frequencies are effectively >aliases for the low frequencies because the decoder can't tell the >difference. > >To solve the problem, either filter out the high frequencies before >the encoder or sample at a higher frequency. Obviously, sampling at a >higher frequency isn't the right thing to do when the idea is to >reduce the size of the data.
very lucid explanation, Andrew. i was gonna reply to this but i just couldn't seem to get the words straight. obIDM: Osymyso: Welcome to the Palindrome (Sprawl) - who the hell is this guy? this is some of the most fun, silly, totally wild style sampladelic music i've heard in a while. it comes off as sounding like old Severed Heads, Art of Noise, Greater than One. . .definitely not for everyone, but if you like the goofier side of electronics then you really should give it a listen. -------------- 1642 try 621 -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org