Wednesday, April 27, 2011

1st Post about Audio waves ( What is digital sound)

This is my first post for our new topic in term 2.
Question 1 - Sound movies through what medium?


Question 2- What unit is used to measure sample size?
Sample format or sample size: Essentially this is the number of digits in the digital representation of each sample. Think of the sample rate as the horizontal precision of the digital waveform, and the sample format as the vertical precision. An audio CD has a precision of 16 bits, which corresponds to about 5 decimal digits.

Question 3- what unit is used to measure sample rate?
Sample rate: The rate at which the samples are captured or played back, measured in Hertz (Hz), or samples per second. An audio CD has a sample rate of 44,100 Hz, often written as 44 KHz for short. This is also the default sample rate that Audacity uses, because audio CDs are so prevalent.