“There’s nothing like getting up in the morning and having your coffee and all of a sudden having this idea and being able to go into the next room and do it. Maybe I’ll work for another hour and do two more takes. Nine times out of ten, that first take is going to be the one that makes it on the record.”- Geoff Tate of Queensr˙che
The number of times per second that a measurement of the analog audio signal’s voltage is taken by the >A/D converter. (See picture.) The sampling rate standard for CD audio is 44.1 kHz. Higher sampling rates produce better sound quality (all else being equal).
