Samplerates: The Higher the Better, Right?
What it is
Dan Worrall explains when higher sample rates help in recording and mixing, and when they do not. He goes into oversampling versus higher sample rates, and aliasing in distortion plugins.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a clear explainer on Nyquist, aliasing and sample rate conversion artifacts.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Dan Worrall made a fantastic video which touches on Nyquist.”
Fantastic explainer touching on Nyquist from Dan Worrall's channel.
gooseyard, 2023-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Nyquist Frequency”
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Topics: nyquist, aliasing, oversampling, audio production, dsp
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