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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Paula chip and Amiga audio
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 96 01:57:20
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- Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- : wfblan@netcom.com (Wells Fargo Bank) writes:
- :
- : >His point remains, however, that that bass sound sampled in 8 bits at 44khz
- : >would sound better than the 16-bit sound at 22khz.
- :
- : But which isn't really true. The 16-bit sound will be better since
- : the bass hardly has a spectrum that reaches beyond 11kHz.
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- Most "natural" bass sounds (the plucking of a string on a double bass, the
- striking of a bass drum, etc.) have strong high frequency transients in them.
- Try highpass filtering such such a sound to see just how strong they are.
-
- These transients fade quickly, but you can't argue that they're unimportant
- where perceived quality is concerned.
-
- -- Mat.
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