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HN score 15.5 · explainer

Audio & video engineering

D/A and A/D | Digital Show and Tell (Monty Montgomery @ xiph.org)

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  • 01sampling
  • 02nyquist
  • 03bit depth

Monty Montgomery of Xiph.org gives real-time demonstrations of sampling, quantization, bit depth and dither using real audio equipment, including both digital analysis tools and vintage analog bench gear. It shows that sampled audio is not stair-stepped and corrects common misconceptions about digital audio.

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Possibly the best explanatory video ever on digital audio.

“might be the best explanatory video I have ever witnessed”
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combatentropy · 2018-09 · 15 recommenders across 13 months

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