Digital-Signal-Processing | Sebastian Spicker

2024

1 article

5 Aug 2024 Why 44,100? The Accidental Physics of the CD Sampling Rate The CD sampling rate grew out of 1970s video-based PCM recorders. PAL-compatible equipment used 44.1 kHz; colour NTSC equipment used the nearby 44.056 kHz. Sony and Philips then chose one rate for the disc: 44.1 kHz. audiodigital-signal-processingphysics