Detailed and fascinating article. It explains why sample-rate and bits/sample are important, and why 16 bits, 44.1KHz (i.e. CDs) are perfect for playback.
One thing it doesn’t address is the idea that the higher-frequency audio may not be directly audible, but interacts with the surroundings and other sounds in a way that is perceptible. Maybe that’s too much hogwash to even stoop to refuting.
Pretty fascinating.
Going by my definition of a PC, as a computing device that you can use to write the programs that run on it, the iPad just made it.
Oscar had his passport pictures taken today (by Daddy). He was very good for the camera. Read the rest of this entry »
Awesome. The kid looks SO tired at the end of the video.
Oscar found lots of eggs in Covent Garden on his first trip into London. We’ve been on the train & the tube, and had sushi, plum wine and Starbucks. What a day!
Just wow. The dance game in Star Wars Kinect is incredible. And terrible.
At first it sounds cheesy, but the intro is being filmed in Buckingham Palace, and 2012 isn’t only the year of the Olympics; it’s the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 50th anniversary of the Bond films.
It’s a huge coup for BBC producers and Danny [Bowle] to be allowed into the palace and have the Queen involved.
That wording sounds like The Queen will actually be in it. Although that’s kinda hard to believe, and the quote is from an anonymous source for The Sun.
What’s happening to the Mac Pro?
