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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ilovepiano" data-source="post: 344046" data-attributes="member: 528">Nyquist's theorem states that the sampling rate needs to be double the highest frequency that you want to record.  So if you want to record what you can hear (i.e. up to 20KHz) then you need a sampling rate of at least 40Khz.  44.1Khz is the standard sampling rate, I forget the reason for the odd number, but there is a reason why it's 44.1 and not 40.Recording at 22Khz is ok if the highest frequency you want to record is 11Khz.  So you'd get away with using that rate if all you were recording was a bass guitar.  Otherwise your recording will sound like it's playing through a 15" speaker with no tweeters.Interestingly, Harry Nyquist came up with this theory in 1927.  Smart guy, considering that digital recordings didn't start till 1957  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/classics/thumbsup.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbs up    :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></blockquote>

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