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Why is everything in audio measured in dB?: Short answer: Because the ear measures things in dB. The decibel is nothing more than a ratio between two numbers. (The unit was originally just a bel, but for audio it was more convenient to use tenths of a bel, hence the SI 'deci' prefix) Mathematically, Read More...
Posted 02 July 06 10:18 by RyanBemrose | 7 Comments
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Audio Fidelity: Dynamic Range: I want to talk about noise for a minute. We all know what noise is, and that we don't want it in our audio. Unfortunately, noise is always present, whether we want it or not. In pseudo-technical terms, noise is random unstructured variations in a signal. Read More...
Posted 27 June 06 07:37 by RyanBemrose | 4 Comments
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What's all this 'fidelity' stuff about anyway?: Nearly everybody has heard the term "high fidelity". Most understand that fidelity is a desirable thing to have, and many believe that the word 'fidelity' is synonymous with 'quality'. In any casual (non-technical) setting, they are the same. But what Read More...
Posted 21 June 06 10:21 by RyanBemrose | 3 Comments
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