AudioBanter.com - View Single Post - 16 bit vs 24 bit, 44.1khz vs 48 khz <-- please explain

On 21 Nov 2003 08:48:57 GMT, (Garthrr) wrote:

The
process of quantizing has fundamental errors estimating the smallest
bit, errors which track the signal itself.

Is this in any way analogous to how a compressor with attack and release set
fast enough can track the waveform of a bass signal and cause audible
"distortion"?

I shouldn't have used the word "track", but "correlate" doesn't
have much intuitive meaning.

How about this? :
Digital storage is robust because it simplifies a world of infinite
possibilities to a finite subset that can be stored perfectly.

Time is simplified by sampling, which first requires bandlimiting.
Amplitude is simplified by quantization, which first requires
dynamic range limiting.

I hope this doesn't make things worse. You'd probably enjoy Ken
Pohlmann's and especially John Watkinson's books on the topic.
God dwells in the details.

Chris Hornbeck
"That is my Theory, and what it is too."
Anne Elk