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The Mastering Show #64 - Aliasing - is it digital audio's Achilles Heel ?
Published 6 years, 10 months ago
Description
There’s been lots of buzz and discussion about aliasing online recently, and lots of confusion, too.
Is it a flaw in the whole idea of digital audio ? Does it explain why analogue modelling plugins can never sound exactly like the real thing ? Or is it just inaudible mathematical theorising ?
In this episode we try to answer all these questions, plus Ian attempts to give an easy visual explanation of what aliasing is and how it relates to audio, with - er… questionable results.
Along the way discuss:
* What wagon wheels have to do with audio sampling
* And vinyl turntables
* And digital audio
* How (and why) to avoid aliasing
* Why high sample rates may help and
* Why all this is important when using plugins
Full Show Notes
http://themasteringshow.com/episode-64
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