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Ralph Barone[_3_] Ralph Barone[_3_] is offline
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Default Bit Rate versus Sample Rate

mcp6453 wrote:
I've been asked to explain bit rate versus sample rate to a
non-technical audience. Can anyone think of a good *analogy* to help
explain the difference?


Sample rate is how often you look at the waveform to update your
measurements of it. Bit rate is how much information youre sending, and it
is a combination of sample rate (how often you measure it), sample depth
(how accurately you measure it) and compression ratio (how much information
youre willing to throw away).