On Dec 24, 2012 4:22 PM, "Monty Montgomery" <xiphmont@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> There was another more mundane reason than that. 44.1kHz allowed
> engineers to store an even number of samples in either an NTSC or a
> PAL scanline when using UMatic video recorders to record digital
> audio. Sony had supposedly even planned a line of products based on
> the idea, though they never came to market.
In college we recorded recitals on such a system. There was A/D box with
meters on it ("If it clips you're fired!") and a Betamax VCR. I think it
was all Sony but I don't actually remember.
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