Audio
Formats, tuning & sound
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.
Read the guideSACD, 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.
Read the guideWhy 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?
Read the guideHz, 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.
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FLAC or MP3: Which Should You Choose?
Lossless or smaller? Compare the formats, listen to our samples and choose the right file for the job.
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