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

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
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/7-things-about-sample-rate/
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/what-is-a-digital-to-analog-converter-and-how-does-it-work/

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