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Re: LS-10 Update

Subject: Re: LS-10 Update
From: "Scott Fraser" scottbfraser
Date: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:29 pm ((PST))
<<"Making the original recording with 88.2 kHz means the
reduction to 44.1 is simpler (just throw out every other sample) than,
say, the conversion from 96 kHz to 44.1 kHz."
This is incorrect. When doing sample rate conversion from 88.2 to
Message: 44.
Subject: 1, the process that sounds best is not a simple subtraction of half
of the data. The conversion includes dithering and interpolation,
too, which makes the process very similar to that used to convert from
96K samples to 44.1K samples.>>

The process involves multiplying first, then dividing. Whether 96k or
Message: 88.
Subject: 1, the file is upsampled to a very high SR rate, then divided down
to 44.1k.

Scott Fraser








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