Friday 3 February 2012

Digital Audio (formats)

In this section I will be focusing on Digital Audio and what happens when an analogue signal is converted to a digital format, the factors that should be considered when choosing the correct format for your particular needs.
I will also look at how digital formats differ, and try and give you an idea of how there differences are going to effect your audio...

the subjects I will be starting on are:
Popular Digital Formats:
A quick look at the most popular formats, their typical usage.
  • Lossless (wav)
  • compressed (MP3, OGG, WMA etc)
DA/AD Processes
  • overview & notes on fileaize.
  • Bitrate & Frequencey
  • Encoding stage (with regards to hardware)
Format Comparrison
 MP3 vs WMA (compressed vs. compressed).
WAVvs MP3  (lossless vs compressed)


*check back soon for this part - I'm still in the middle of writting it*

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