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AUDIO · 432 Hz / BPM

432 Hz Without Slowing the Music — Tuning, Pitch and Tempo Explained

You retune a recording from 440 to 432 Hz and it suddenly gets longer. Did the converter get it wrong? Not necessarily. Two methods can reach the same tuning while treating the rhythm differently.

24 October 20265 min read

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AUDIO · SACD / DSD / DST / ISO

SACD, DSD, DST and ISO — Disc, Audio or File?

You find an album labelled “SACD ISO, DSD, DST”. It looks like a spacecraft parts list, yet it is just music. Each abbreviation means something different.

22 October 20264 min read

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AUDIO · dBFS / LUFS

Why Is One Song Quieter? Normalisation, dBFS and LUFS

One song ends, the next starts, and you reach for the volume control. Both files peak close to zero. Why does one sound restrained while the other seems ready to move the furniture?

22 October 20265 min read

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AUDIO · Hz / kHz / kb/s

Hz, kHz and kb/s: What Do Audio Numbers Actually Mean?

432 Hz, 44.1 kHz, 320 kb/s and 24-bit look like one family of settings. They describe different things. Let us sort them out before we accidentally retune a song while trying to make it smaller.

21 October 20266 min read

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