What Are Audio Bit Depth & Sample Rates, and What do the Numbers Actually Mean?

Published: 17 April 2020
on channel: Ed Thorne | Mixing & Mastering
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What is a bit rate? Why is 44.1kHz the music industry standard? How do these number affect our music?

This is a very simplified overview of bit rates and samples rates. The science behind this is very complicated. To learn more, click the links below.

1 bit contains approximately 6dB of volume information.

FURTHER READING:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44,100_Hz
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