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From: mike@BRL.MIL (Mike Muuss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  /dev/audio and Personal IRIS
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Date: 30 Nov 89 02:55:28 GMT
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Hi Buck -

You won't be too satisfied with sound that is only 8-bits wide.
That gives "telephone quality" sound.  16-bits with linear encoding
(at 44,100 samples/second) will give "compact disk" quality, which
is certainly NOT the end-all in sound quality.

But, for playing around, it should be a bit of fun.
	Best,
	 -Mike