#bit-depth

How To Spot Internet Pseudo Science

In regards to digital audio, there’s a few “tells” in a bad argument:

1 – They focus on extremes without talking anything about how something actually sounds. On the maximum end they talk about total hearing range, they use the numbers 16,000 and 22k, they talk dynamic range and ultimately mention dogs. On the micro end they show waveforms and they use self-referencing digital meters. All of…

Digital Audio Verses Timbre

If an electric guitar and a piano both play a C major chord at the same volume, can you hear a difference between them?  Guess what, digital audio programmers hope you can’t.

If a violin and your plastic keyboard both hit a D and hold it out, can you hear a difference between them? Guess what, digital audio programmers hope you can’t.

If you recorded the two tests above (any format) and played…