Nyquist-Shannon; The Backbone of Digital SoundI

This is probably the clearest explanation of sampling and band-limited synthesis I have come across.

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Yes! I got a lot out of watching the Monty Montgomery video that he refers to as well.

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Going a little further on the bit depth aspect, I found the following useful on understanding 32-bit floating point vs. 24-bit considerations: 32-bit float recording depth vs. 24-bit: Complete Beginner Guide

And how that affects headroom, clipping, and gain settings:

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As I have this video playing I am setting up an octatrack set-up with 16 bit 44 khz so I know for sure I get as much sample artifacts as possible.

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