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PCM Audio

Puse-code modulation digitally represents analog audio signals as a stream of measurements of the amplitude of the signal sampled at uniform intervals (the sampling rate) and quanitized to the nearest value within the range of available steps (limited by the bit depth). Multiple audio channels are commonly interleaved.

Sampling Rate

Digital audio is typically sampled at 48 kHz (DVD video) or 44.1 kHz (CD audio).

Bit Depth

Bit Depth Minimum Value Maximum Value
8 -128 127
16 -32768 32767
24 -8388608 8388607