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Digital Audio Processing

Quick fact

The CD audio standard samples sound 44,100 times per second, with each sample stored as a 16-bit number—that's over 1.4 million bits per second for stereo.

Why this is interesting

You've heard a music file or a phone call—but how does a computer turn a voice or a guitar into a stream of zeros and ones, and then back into sound you can hear?