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Merge pull request #216 from cboylston/patch-1
Fix typo in audio bit depth explanation
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chapters/en/chapter1/audio_data.mdx

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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The most common audio bit depths are 16-bit and 24-bit. Each is a binary term, r
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to which the amplitude value can be quantized when it's converted from continuous to discrete: 65,536 steps for 16-bit audio,
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a whopping 16,777,216 steps for 24-bit audio. Because quantizing involves rounding off the continuous value to a discrete
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value, the sampling process introduces noise. The higher the bit depth, the smaller this quantization noise. In practice,
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the quantization noise of 16-bit audio is already small enough to be audible, and using higher bit depths is generally
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the quantization noise of 16-bit audio is already small enough to be inaudible, and using higher bit depths is generally
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not necessary.
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You may also come across 32-bit audio. This stores the samples as floating-point values, whereas 16-bit and 24-bit audio

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