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- From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca ( John Henders )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Message-ID: <H.SK3nHKiiQFE@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Organization: One of these days for sure
- Subject: Re: (none)
- References: <2250597@overmind.citadel> <1992Sep11.165901.12125@nosc.mil>
- Reply-To: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
- X-Software: HERMES GUS 1.03 Rev. Apr 14 1992
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 04:58:06 -0700
- Lines: 26
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- In <1992Sep11.165901.12125@nosc.mil>, Mike Healy writes:
- >In article <2250597@overmind.citadel> only_bbs!arthur_dent@overmind.mind.org writes:
- >>Actually, it
- >>depends on your definition of accuracy. If you use a sampling frequency
- >>twice that of the sine wave's frequency, it would end up as a triangle wave.
- >> At three times the frequency, you would get a square wave. Therefore, to
- >>retain the shape of the sine wave, you would need a frequency of at least 5
- >>times that of the sound itself.
- >
- >Wow! 5x! Wait until Nyquist finds out :-)
-
- I doubt he will, as he's dead. ;-) However, he's probably rolling
- over in his grave. At least twice as fast as this bs gets spouted, in
- order to get a good sample.
-
- Please people, if you want to find out some truths about sampling,
- try the .audio groups, or comp.dsp. You'll defianately get more out of
- it.
-
-
-
- --
- John Henders jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca
- I think your "evolutionary scale" needs an adjustment. Either
- that, or you've got your thumb on it. -> (lefty@apple.com)
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