Mastodawn

You can periodically take samples of air pressure, quantize them, and end up with enough information to reconstruct a sound wave accurately enough that a human ear can't tell the difference.

Since we also have computers hooked up to a global network, you can then send that information to the other side of the planet and *they* can reconstruct the sound wave too, just as accurately as you can. No attenuation, no extra noise, etc.

Neat.

#PCM #digitalAudio

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steeph

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@argv_minus_one I admit, part of me expected the first sentence to be "You can periodically take samples of air pressure, quantize them, and end up with enough information to reconstruct a sound wave accurately enough that a human ear can't tell the difference, as a treat."

It would have rhymed.

Neat indeed.

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ARGVMI~1.PIF 1d ago

@steeph

Some people do it for a living. Does it still qualify as a treat?

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steeph

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@argv_minus_one Once you made your hobby your profession it won't be fun anymore. Or so I have heard. I've heard the opposite, too. So, I don't know.